Goepper Burkhardt LLC Makes New Investment in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Goepper Burkhardt LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 1,033 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $424,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 34,615.3% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 5,487,441 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,252,265,000 after purchasing an additional 5,471,634 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised 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 valued at $11,729,457,000 after buying an additional 5,429,720 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF in the fourth quarter worth $970,862,000. Lincoln National Corp bought a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF in the fourth quarter worth $293,111,000. Finally, Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 217.1% during the fourth quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 584,988 shares of the company’s stock worth $240,103,000 after buying an additional 400,516 shares during the period.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Down 2.7 %

Shares of VUG opened at $370.43 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $404.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is $402.33. The company has a market cap of $367.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.10 and a beta of 1.14. Vanguard Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $321.29 and a twelve month high of $429.11.

Vanguard Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a dividend of $0.50 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Growth ETF’s previous dividend of $0.46. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 27th.

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.