Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC Purchases 1,982 Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 230.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,841 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,982 shares during the period. Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $1,166,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VUG. Clarus Wealth Advisors raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Clarus Wealth Advisors now owns 14,485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,490,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Northstar Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 1.6% during the third quarter. Northstar Group Inc. now owns 17,626 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,767,000 after purchasing an additional 273 shares in the last quarter. Financial Advisory Partners LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 2.1% during the third quarter. Financial Advisory Partners LLC now owns 70,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,037,000 after buying an additional 1,438 shares during the period. Watts Gwilliam & Co. LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $7,533,000. Finally, Worth Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF during the third quarter worth $1,034,000.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VUG opened at $423.21 on Friday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $321.29 and a 12-month high of $428.69. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $417.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $393.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $145.79 billion, a PE ratio of 39.58 and a beta of 1.26.

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.