Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) Research
This exchange-traded fund endeavors to replicate the investment returns of a benchmark index dedicated to the utilities industry. It is passively managed, typically striving for full replication of the index's holdings, but may adopt a sampling strategy if regulatory dictates necessitate. The portfolio includes shares of companies involved in the distribution of electricity, water, or natural gas, as well as firms operating as independent power producers.
Market snapshot
- Symbol
- VPU
- Price
- $193.95
- Day change
- +0.70%
- Market cap
- $10.5B
- 52-week range
- 173.75-206.1
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
Recent news
- Japan utilities welcome nuclear replacement targets, seek stronger policy support
Japan's power industry welcomed the government's roadmap for the future replacement of nuclear reactors as a key step towards securing the workforce and supply chains needed to sustain the sector, but its top lobbyist on Friday called for greater policy support to encourage investment.
- Texas grid flags risks as data centers, crypto sites fail voltage tests
Several large data centers and crypto facilities planning to connect to the Texas power grid ahead of peak summer demand have failed key reliability tests, raising the risk of power outages just as electricity use hits its seasonal high, according to the state grid operator.
- Biggest US grid paid record $1 billion to money-losing power plants in Q1
Power plants on the largest U.S. electric grid received a record payout of nearly $1 billion to cover their losses in the first quarter, when fuel costs surged during a winter cold snap, according to data analyzed by Reuters.
Peer companies
- Vanguard Mega Cap ETF (MGC)
- Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF (VCR)
- Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC)
- Vanguard Energy ETF (VDE)
- Vanguard Energy Index Fund Admiral Shares (VENAX)
- Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund Admiral Shares (VIAAX)
- Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIGI)
- Vanguard Industrials ETF (VIS)
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