NYSEARCA:VPUVanguard Utilities ETF Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vanguard Utilities ETF's stock was trading at $132.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VPU shares have decreased by 6.0% and is now trading at $124.34. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Vanguard Utilities ETF announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 16th. Investors 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 3.29%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 16th. This is a boost from Vanguard Utilities ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. View Vanguard Utilities ETF's dividend history.

Media stories about VPU stock have been trending extremely negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard Utilities ETF earned a news impact score of -4.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutVanguard Utilities ETF.

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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Advisor Group Holdings Inc. (2.92%), Beacon Capital Management Inc. (2.22%), Morgan Stanley (2.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (1.39%), Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. (1.26%) and UBS Group AG (0.94%).

VPU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Beacon Capital Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Morgan Stanley, Level Four Advisory Services LLC, Proequities Inc., Avantax Advisory Services Inc., and Wells Fargo & Company MN.

VPU stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co., AE Wealth Management LLC, UBS Group AG, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., M&T Bank Corp, and KCM Investment Advisors 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 $124.34.

Vanguard Utilities ETF has a market capitalization of $3.79 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.