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VU

VUG VANGUARD GROWTH ETF

2026Q2 · CUSIP 922908736 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
2,838
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+106
Last quarter 2,732 → now 2,838
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 98% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

2,838 funds held VUG at the end of 2026Q2, up 106 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 98.3% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. VUG has had 38 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=245 2013Q4: holders=276 2014Q1: holders=294 2014Q2: holders=300 2014Q3: holders=314 2014Q4: holders=361 2015Q1: holders=365 2015Q2: holders=379 2015Q3: holders=379 2015Q4: holders=439 2016Q1: holders=432 2016Q2: holders=459 2016Q3: holders=460 2016Q4: holders=519 2017Q1: holders=562 2017Q2: holders=596 2017Q3: holders=613 2017Q4: holders=706 2018Q1: holders=724 2018Q2: holders=731 2018Q3: holders=755 2018Q4: holders=835 2019Q1: holders=875 2019Q2: holders=924 2019Q3: holders=939 2019Q4: holders=1111 2020Q1: holders=1062 2020Q2: holders=1137 2020Q3: holders=1188 2020Q4: holders=1355 2021Q1: holders=1361 2021Q2: holders=1411 2021Q3: holders=1425 2021Q4: holders=1674 2022Q1: holders=1629 2022Q2: holders=1584 2022Q3: holders=1549 2022Q4: holders=1665 2023Q1: holders=1719 2023Q2: holders=1822 2023Q3: holders=1829 2023Q4: holders=2044 2024Q1: holders=2097 2024Q2: holders=2158 2024Q3: holders=2220 2024Q4: holders=2506 2025Q1: holders=2444 2025Q2: holders=2494 2025Q3: holders=2604 2025Q4: holders=2817 2026Q1: holders=2732 2026Q2: holders=2838 -286 -143 +0 +143 +286 22016002980 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 38 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5%
2025Q4 Top 1% in the market
2025Q3 Top 5%
2025Q2 Top 5%
2024Q4 Top 1% in the market
2024Q3 Top 5%
2024Q2 Top 5%
2024Q1 Top 5%

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
184
Change in large funds
+16
Total value they hold
$142.4B
Funds buying for the first time
275
Funds that sold out entirely
169
Price change that quarter
Funds holding puts (bearish)
8
Funds holding calls (bullish)
4

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

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2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.