NYSEARCA:VPUVanguard Utilities ETF Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vanguard Utilities ETF's stock was trading at $132.23 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VPU shares have increased by 1.7% and is now trading at $134.49.
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Vanguard Utilities ETF announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be given a dividend of $1.0223 per share on Thursday, December 19th. This represents a $4.09 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.04%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 16th. This is a boost from Vanguard Utilities ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.95.
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Media coverage about VPU stock has trended very positive on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard Utilities ETF earned a daily sentiment score of 4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vanguard Utilities ETF investors own include Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Coca-Cola (KO), Walmart (WMT), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Bank of America (BAC).

Vanguard Utilities ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "VPU."

Vanguard Utilities ETF's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Beacon Capital Management Inc. (2.16%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (1.90%), UBS Group AG (0.75%), Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. (0.48%), Dowling & Yahnke LLC (0.39%) and PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (0.21%).

VPU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TIAA FSB, AE Wealth Management LLC, Sawtooth Solutions LLC, UBS Group AG, Stelac Advisory Services LLC, Brandywine Oak Private Wealth LLC, Beacon Capital Management Inc., and Sigma Planning Corp.

VPU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Newport Wealth Strategies Inc., Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc., First National Corp MA ADV, International Assets Investment Management LLC, OLD Second National Bank of Aurora, Regal Investment Advisors LLC, and Private Wealth Group LLC.

Shares of VPU can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of VPU stock can currently be purchased for approximately $134.49.

Vanguard Utilities ETF has a market capitalization of $4.14 billion.

The official website for Vanguard Utilities ETF is www.vanguard.com.

Vanguard Utilities ETF's mailing address is P.O. Box 1110, Valley Forge, 19482, United States. The company can be reached via phone at +1-800-5231036.