Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Grows Stock Position in Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 15.7% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 35,345 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,808 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $13,107,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 11.0% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 31,733,151 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,754,817,000 after purchasing an additional 3,155,389 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 9.3% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,869,868 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,432,436,000 after buying an additional 330,550 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association boosted its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 3,621,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,342,817,000 after buying an additional 17,656 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 3.4% in the 1st quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,336,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,237,228,000 after buying an additional 109,654 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 11.5% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,637,078 shares of the company’s stock valued at $977,881,000 after acquiring an additional 271,661 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VUG opened at $462.60 on Monday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $316.14 and a 1 year high of $467.50. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $452.22 and its 200-day simple moving average is $412.55. The firm has a market cap of $185.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.11.

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.