Meridian Financial LLC Purchases 57 Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG)

Meridian Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 3.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,564 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 57 shares during the quarter. Meridian Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $642,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Jennison Associates LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 219.4% in the 3rd quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 2,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $994,000 after purchasing an additional 1,779 shares during the period. First City Capital Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Growth ETF by 30.3% during the fourth quarter. First City Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,186 shares of the company’s stock worth $487,000 after buying an additional 276 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 1.4% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 271,283 shares of the company’s stock valued at $104,154,000 after buying an additional 3,749 shares during the period. Worth Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 831.2% during the 4th quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC now owns 25,086 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,296,000 after acquiring an additional 22,392 shares during the period. Finally, Creekside Partners acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $365,000.

Vanguard Growth ETF Trading Up 1.3 %

VUG opened at $415.91 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $413.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $390.03. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $312.19 and a 1-year high of $428.69. The stock has a market cap of $143.28 billion, a PE ratio of 39.58 and a beta of 1.26.

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.