Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Position in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF $VTWO

Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC decreased its position in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) by 42.6% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 20,743 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,376 shares during the period. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF accounts for 0.1% of Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 29th biggest holding. Halbert Hargrove Global Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF were worth $2,078,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 165.8% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 10,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $817,000 after purchasing an additional 6,316 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 71.0% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 691 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $2,407,000. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 209.7% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 384 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 260 shares during the period. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 27.6% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 12,869 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,122,000 after buying an additional 2,783 shares during the period.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTWO stock opened at $120.46 on Tuesday. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF has a 12 month low of $83.59 and a 12 month high of $121.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.60 and a beta of 1.11. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $114.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $107.29.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of $0.3014 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.26. This represents a $1.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 index, a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap stocks VTWO was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.