Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG

Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 508.4% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 904,369 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 755,720 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Growth ETF makes up about 7.8% of Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $395,019,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

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

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VUG stock opened at $87.40 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $226.09 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 stock’s 50-day moving average price is $86.53 and its 200-day moving average price is $81.31.

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.