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 (WHO). Since then, VPU stock has decreased by 0.4% and is now trading at $131.64.
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Vanguard Utilities ETF declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 16th. Investors 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 3.11%. 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.
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Media stories about VPU stock have trended negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard Utilities ETF earned a news impact score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.
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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%), Eqis Capital Management Inc. (0.57%), Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. (0.48%) and Dowling & Yahnke LLC (0.39%).

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, Almanack Investment Partners LLC., and Synovus Financial Corp.

VPU stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Eqis Capital 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, and Regal 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 $131.64.

Vanguard Utilities ETF has a market capitalization of $4.06 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.