Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU) closed at $190.34 on November 13, 2026, up 0.5% from the previous close, on volume of 174,187 shares (30-day average 324,086).
Data as of November 13, 2026.
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Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the utilities sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies that distribute electricity water or gas or that operate as independent power producers.
Vanguard Utilities ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol VPU.
As of November 13, 2026, VPU stock price climbed to $190.34 with 174,187 million shares trading.
VPU has a beta of -0.10, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. VPU has a correlation of 0.01 to the broad based SPY ETF.
VPU has a market cap of $8.23 billion. This is considered a Mid Cap stock.
In the last 3 years, VPU traded as high as $206.10 and as low as $128.05.
VPU has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of +0.3%, while SPY returned +11.5%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in VPU shares. However, VPU has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning +1.0% and +2.1%, while SPY returned -2.1% and -1.9%, respectively. This indicates VPU has been having a stronger performance recently.
VPU support price is $187.51 and resistance is $191.45 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that VPU shares will trade within this expected range on the day.
