Disciplined Investors L.L.C. Takes $4.36 Million Position in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Disciplined Investors L.L.C. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 10,751 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,360,000. Vanguard Growth ETF accounts for 4.2% of Disciplined Investors L.L.C.’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 34,615.3% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 5,487,441 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,252,265,000 after acquiring an additional 5,471,634 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 23.5% during the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 28,577,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,729,457,000 after purchasing an additional 5,429,720 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $970,862,000. Lincoln National Corp bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $293,111,000. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 183.0% during the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 717,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $294,553,000 after buying an additional 464,100 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Up 0.8 %

NYSEARCA VUG opened at $377.29 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $401.56 and a 200 day simple moving average of $402.12. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $321.29 and a 12 month high of $429.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $373.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.17 and a beta of 1.19.

Vanguard Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were issued a $0.50 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. This is an increase from Vanguard Growth ETF’s previous dividend of $0.46.

About Vanguard Growth ETF

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.