NYSEARCA:VPUVanguard Utilities ETF Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vanguard Utilities ETF's stock was trading at $132.23 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, VPU stock has decreased by 7.3% and is now trading at $122.63. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Vanguard Utilities ETF declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.0223 per share on Thursday, December 19th. This represents a $4.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 16th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Utilities ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.95. View Vanguard Utilities ETF's dividend history.

Media headlines about VPU stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard Utilities ETF earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Vanguard 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 number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (1.90%), Trinity Legacy Partners LLC (0.04%) and BEAM Asset Management LLC (0.01%).

VPU stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BEAM Asset Management LLC, and Trinity Legacy Partners LLC.

VPU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc..

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 $122.63.

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.