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 stock has increased by 2.1% and is now trading at $135.05. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Vanguard Utilities ETF declared 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 3.03%. The ex-dividend date 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 on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing 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 positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard Utilities ETF earned a coverage optimism score of -2.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. 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%), Morgan Stanley (2.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (1.39%) and Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. (1.26%).

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, Morgan Stanley, Level Four Advisory Services LLC, Proequities Inc., and Avantax Advisory Services Inc..

VPU stock was acquired 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 $135.05.

Vanguard Utilities ETF has a market capitalization of $4.16 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.