Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIG) To Go Ex-Dividend on September 28th

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, January 27th. Investors of record on Monday, September 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.9295 per share on Wednesday, September 30th. This represents a $3.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 28th. This is a 6.9% decrease from Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.9988.

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF stock opened at $237.58 on Friday. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF has a one year low of $210.01 and a one year high of $247.45. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $241.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $232.83. The company has a market capitalization of $110.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.32 and a beta of 0.81.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VIG. Atomic Invest LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 466.8% during the second quarter. Atomic Invest LLC now owns 2,358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $556,000 after purchasing an additional 1,942 shares during the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 17.8% during the 2nd quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 16,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,795,000 after buying an additional 2,426 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 39.1% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 5,398 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,277,000 after buying an additional 1,517 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 3.2% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,577,266 shares of the company’s stock valued at $609,833,000 after buying an additional 80,365 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellington Altus USA Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF by 100.7% in the 2nd quarter. Wellington Altus USA Inc. now owns 885 shares of the company’s stock worth $209,000 after acquiring an additional 444 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF

Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the investment performance of the Dividend Achievers Select Index. Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund. The Fund will hold all the stocks in the index in approximately the same proportions as their weightings in the index. The Vanguard Group, Inc, through its Quantitative Equity Group, serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.