Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) to Issue $0.50 Quarterly Dividend

Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 22nd will be given a dividend of 0.4993 per share on Wednesday, December 24th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 22nd.

Vanguard Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Growth ETF stock traded up $6.66 on Friday, hitting $488.59. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,471,340 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,257,281. The company has a market capitalization of $198.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.22 and a beta of 1.17. Vanguard Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $316.14 and a 1 year high of $505.38. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $486.94 and a 200-day moving average price of $464.80.

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. 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.