Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) to Issue Dividend of $1.24

Vanguard Utilities ETF (NYSEARCA:VPU) declared a dividend on Tuesday, March 5th, NASDAQ reports. Investors of record on Friday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of 1.2449 per share on Tuesday, July 2nd. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 28th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Utilities ETF’s previous dividend of $1.11.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Stock Performance

VPU stock traded up $0.21 during trading on Thursday, hitting $150.52. The stock had a trading volume of 101,271 shares, compared to its average volume of 209,169. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $151.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $141.66. Vanguard Utilities ETF has a 1-year low of $118.81 and a 1-year high of $158.07. The stock has a market cap of $5.42 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.65 and a beta of 0.56.

Vanguard Utilities ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Utilities ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded class of shares issued by Vanguard Utilities Index Fund. The Fund tracks the performance of Morgan Stanley Capital International United States Investable Market Utilities Index, an index made up of stocks of large, medium-size and small United States companies in the utilities sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).