SWAN Capital LLC Purchases 18,534 Shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF $VONG

SWAN Capital LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) by 28.0% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 84,788 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,534 shares during the period. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF comprises about 3.6% of SWAN Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest position. SWAN Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF were worth $7,867,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Brown Advisory Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 3.2% in the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 7,156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $664,000 after buying an additional 219 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 3.2% in the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 16,104 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,494,000 after buying an additional 497 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 941.9% in the fourth quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,792 shares of the company’s stock valued at $185,000 after buying an additional 1,620 shares during the period. Spire Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 337.9% in the first quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 2,080 shares of the company’s stock valued at $193,000 after buying an additional 1,605 shares during the period. Finally, Bare Financial Services Inc lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 9.8% in the first quarter. Bare Financial Services Inc now owns 67,594 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,272,000 after buying an additional 6,053 shares during the period.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VONG opened at $117.41 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $113.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $103.25. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $79.39 and a twelve month high of $118.01. The stock has a market cap of $31.46 billion, a PE ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.08.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Friday, June 20th were given a $0.134 dividend. This represents a $0.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 20th.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (VONG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 1000 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap stocks selected from the Russell 1000 Index with high growth characteristics, based on Russell’s style methodology. VONG was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.