Vanguard Growth ETF Stock to Split on Tuesday, April 21st (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)’s stock is set to split on Tuesday, April 21st. The 6-1 split was announced on Thursday, March 26th. The newly created shares will be distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, April 20th.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

VUG stock opened at $442.03 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $459.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $476.60. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $316.14 and a 1-year high of $505.38. The stock has a market cap of $188.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.17.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Growth ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,922 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,945,000 after purchasing an additional 870 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 111.9% in the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 4,594 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,014,000 after purchasing an additional 2,426 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the second quarter valued at $8,263,000. Seaview Investment Managers LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 127.2% during the second quarter. Seaview Investment Managers LLC now owns 2,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,036,000 after purchasing an additional 1,323 shares during the period. Finally, Vance Wealth LLC increased its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.3% in the second quarter. Vance Wealth LLC now owns 1,519 shares of the company’s stock worth $666,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Growth Index Fund, formerly Vanguard Growth ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Growth Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Prime Market Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a diversified index of growth stocks of large United States companies. The Index represents the growth companies of the MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index. The MSCI US Prime Market 750 Index represents the universe of large-capitalization companies in the United States equity market.