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Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund (MGK)

Large Growth | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
87.69 USD -1.37 (-1.538%) ⇩ (July 13, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)

Short-term:★★⯪☆☆Long-term:★★★★⯪Dividends:★★☆☆☆
Hot Take | July 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m. EDT

The long-term outlook remains exceptionally strong, driven by a nine-year trajectory of robust growth with no recent consecutive declines and a massive cumulative gain of over 330%. The business fundamentals are clearly superior, evidenced by eight out of nine years of positive annual returns. However, the short-term picture is clouded by significant selling pressure; the stock has drifted lower recently, trading below its 50-day average, and the statistical forecast model indicates a flat-to-negative lean for the coming month. While the long-term thesis is unassailable, the immediate path faces headwinds from both technical weakness and a defensive options setup that suggests traders are hedging against a pullback.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.025700
MSTL0.033451
AutoARIMA0.037671
AutoETS0.037671

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 57%
H-stat 0.64
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.455
Excess Kurtosis -0.79
Attribute Value
Trailing P/E 33.29

As of July 11, 2026, 3:19 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning defensively with heavy put volume and open interest concentrated just below the current price ($84-$85 strikes), creating a visible wall of resistance. Despite this defensive posture, call volume is spiking significantly at higher strikes ($96-$97), indicating a speculative bet on a breakout above the $90 resistance level. Implied volatility is elevated for near-term expiration, reflecting uncertainty around the immediate price range.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.10% 0.37% 0.45% 0.49%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-06-26 0.0840 0.099680
2026-03-27 0.0642 0.090339
2025-12-22 0.0786 0.094676
2025-09-29 0.0670 0.083656
2025-06-30 0.0766 0.104596
2025-03-27 0.0680 0.107266
2024-12-23 0.0982 0.139461
2024-09-26 0.0748 0.115937
2024-06-27 0.0618 0.097476
2024-03-21 0.0604 0.104610
2023-12-21 0.0858 0.165394
2023-09-21 0.0632 0.138700
2023-06-23 0.0548 0.118769
2023-03-23 0.0566 0.143335
2022-12-22 0.0678 0.196967
2022-09-28 0.0694 0.190262
2022-06-23 0.0552 0.149141
2022-03-24 0.0476 0.101988
2021-12-27 0.0552 0.104415
2021-09-29 0.0544 0.115093
2021-06-24 0.0524 0.114445
2021-03-26 0.0540 0.131682
2020-12-24 0.0900 0.223436
2020-09-11 0.0534 0.147164
2020-06-25 0.0594 0.182522
2020-03-26 0.0610 0.236489
2019-12-24 0.0720 0.248105
2019-10-01 0.0746 0.284863
2019-06-27 0.0834 0.323331
2019-03-25 0.0178 0.072446
2018-12-24 0.0226 0.113545
2018-09-28 0.0800 0.312086
2018-06-28 0.0856 0.360148
2018-03-22 0.0516 0.228056
2017-12-26 0.0844 0.378238
2017-09-27 0.0706 0.339162
2017-06-23 0.0694 0.341636
2017-03-29 0.0484 0.252794
2016-12-20 0.0804 0.455369
2016-09-20 0.0680 0.392973
2016-06-21 0.0608 0.365121
2016-03-21 0.0566 0.343822
2015-12-17 0.0698 0.419572
2015-09-21 0.0600 0.372949
2015-06-22 0.0606 0.355300
2015-03-23 0.0472 0.277060
2014-09-22 0.0478 0.306214
2014-06-23 0.0512 0.335694
2014-03-24 0.0396 0.273556
2013-12-20 0.0612 0.429836
2013-09-23 0.0478 0.362726
2013-06-24 0.0434 0.365874
2013-03-22 0.0346 0.290366
2012-12-20 0.0776 0.692733
2012-09-24 0.0418 0.363226
2012-06-25 0.0362 0.351661
2012-03-26 0.0286 0.257658
2011-12-21 0.0434 0.455213
2011-09-23 0.0292 0.329720
2011-06-24 0.0330 0.348616
2011-03-25 0.0248 0.254882
2010-12-22 0.0358 0.377637
2010-09-24 0.0346 0.403357
2010-06-24 0.0246 0.309668
2010-03-25 0.0214 0.246430
2009-12-22 0.0396 0.473798
2009-09-24 0.0252 0.325666
2009-06-24 0.0230 0.340438
2009-03-25 0.0274 0.451996
2008-12-22 0.0266 0.433931
2008-09-24 0.0270 0.321276
2008-06-24 0.0196 0.208466
2008-03-25 0.0120 0.129955
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 0.33

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 311.51
All Time Low 5.15
Ask 0.0
Ask Size 280
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,428,460
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,719,840
Average Volume 1,719,840
Average Volume10Days 1,428,460
Beta3 Year 1.26
Bid 85.87
Bid Size 40
Category Large Growth
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 88.72
Day Low 87.56
Dividend Yield 0.33
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 2.6337638
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 87.7366
Fifty Day Average Change -0.04660034
Fifty Day Average Change Percent -0.00053113914
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 20.28308
Fifty Two Week High 92.38
Fifty Two Week High Change -4.689995
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.05076851
Fifty Two Week Low 70.322
Fifty Two Week Low Change 17.368004
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.24697824
Fifty Two Week Range 70.322 - 92.38
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,198,765,800,000
Five Year Average Return 0.1356409
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family Vanguard
Fund Inception Date 1,207,180,800
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index. The index is a float-adjusted, market-capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance of mega-capitalization growth stocks in the United States. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.
Long Name Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund
Market us_market
Market State PRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_39636485
Nav Price 89.08
Net Assets 33,301,635,100.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.05
Open 88.5
Pre Market Change -0.4200058
Pre Market Change Percent -0.47896656
Pre Market Price 87.27
Pre Market Time 1,784,022,743
Previous Close 89.06
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change -1.37
Regular Market Change Percent -1.53828
Regular Market Day High 88.72
Regular Market Day Low 87.56
Regular Market Day Range 87.56 - 88.72
Regular Market Open 88.5
Regular Market Previous Close 89.06
Regular Market Price 87.69
Regular Market Time 1,783,972,800
Regular Market Volume 1,567,470
Short Name Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF
Source Interval 15
Symbol MGK
Three Year Average Return 0.22828011
Total Assets 33,301,635,072
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing P E 33.29456
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns 19.82336
Trailing Three Month Returns 19.82336
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 82.1791
Two Hundred Day Average Change 5.5109024
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.06705966
Type Disp ETF
Volume 1,567,470
Yield 0.0033000002
Ytd Return 6.79096