Covington Investment Advisors Inc. Has $4.68 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF $VUG

Covington Investment Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) by 472.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 54,394 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 44,897 shares during the quarter. Covington Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF were worth $4,685,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VUG. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 458.6% during the 2nd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 219,112,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,137,223,000 after acquiring an additional 179,884,185 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Growth ETF by 14.1% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 54,648,818 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,870,057,000 after purchasing an additional 6,771,524 shares during the period. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 539.0% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 23,330,170 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,009,661,000 after buying an additional 19,678,907 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Growth ETF by 513.1% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 10,888,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $937,908,000 after buying an additional 9,112,231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Growth ETF by 46,787.8% during the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 8,168,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,985,228,000 after acquiring an additional 8,151,373 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Down 0.3%

VUG opened at $88.24 on Tuesday. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 12 month low of $69.63 and a 12 month high of $90.60. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.51 and a 200 day simple moving average of $82.89. The stock has a market cap of $228.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.22.

Vanguard Growth ETF 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. 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.