Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG Holdings Boosted by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 57.6% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 18,299 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,686 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $7,993,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.4% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 16,922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,945,000 after buying an additional 870 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $1,859,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL bought a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $320,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 142.2% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 722,843 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,894,000 after acquiring an additional 424,342 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 3.3% in the second quarter. Diversify Advisory Services LLC now owns 4,922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,279,000 after acquiring an additional 158 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Down 1.4%

VUG stock opened at $86.15 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $222.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.22. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $69.63 and a 12 month high of $90.60. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $86.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $81.34.

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. 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.