Royal Bank of Canada Buys 61,421 Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG

Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 2.8% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 2,249,069 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 61,421 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $982,372,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 5.4% during the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $1,859,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL purchased a new position in Vanguard Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $320,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 142.2% in the 2nd 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 increased 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 worth $2,279,000 after purchasing an additional 158 shares during the period.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Down 0.1%

NYSEARCA:VUG opened at $83.33 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $215.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.22. Vanguard Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $69.63 and a twelve month high of $90.60. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $81.60.

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. 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.