North Forty Two & Co. Buys New Holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

North Forty Two & Co. bought a new stake in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 1,183 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $485,000.

A number of other large investors have also modified their holdings of VUG. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 34,615.3% in 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 in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 23.5% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 28,577,762 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,729,457,000 after purchasing an additional 5,429,720 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $970,862,000. Lincoln National Corp acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $293,111,000. Finally, Natixis Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 217.1% in the fourth quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 584,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $240,103,000 after purchasing an additional 400,516 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Down 1.6 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VUG opened at $373.34 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $408.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $401.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $370.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.10 and a beta of 1.14. Vanguard Growth ETF has a one year low of $321.29 and a one year high of $429.11.

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.