Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) Shares Sold by Raymond James & Associates

Raymond James & Associates cut its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 1.9% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 935,700 shares of the company’s stock after selling 18,199 shares during the quarter. Raymond James & Associates’ holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $322,068,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VUG. New Perspectives Inc acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $626,000. Rainey & Randall Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 3.4% in the 1st quarter. Rainey & Randall Investment Management Inc. now owns 962 shares of the company’s stock valued at $331,000 after buying an additional 32 shares during the period. Strategies Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 2.4% in the first quarter. Strategies Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 305,112 shares of the company’s stock valued at $105,020,000 after buying an additional 7,183 shares during the last quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 13.8% during the first quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 7,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,495,000 after buying an additional 878 shares during the period. Finally, Edge Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the first quarter worth about $3,067,000.

Vanguard Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VUG stock traded up $5.99 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $335.18. The company had a trading volume of 1,437,363 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,058,254. The stock has a market capitalization of $115.47 billion, a PE ratio of 40.31 and a beta of 1.24. The company’s fifty day moving average is $338.87 and its 200 day moving average is $315.02. Vanguard Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $246.26 and a fifty-two week high of $348.88.

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.