Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) saw a large drop in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 177,386 shares, a drop of 36.1% from the July 15th total of 277,680 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,363,764 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ VONG opened at $128.75 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.17 and a 200 day simple moving average of $121.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $45.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a one year low of $105.22 and a one year high of $132.94.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a dividend of $0.1592 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $0.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Trust Co. of Vermont acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $205,000. Investors Research Corp raised its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 0.6% in the second quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 79,364 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,144,000 after purchasing an additional 469 shares in the last quarter. William Mack & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF in the second quarter worth about $375,000. Highland Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 21.4% during the second quarter. Highland Financial Advisors LLC now owns 299,639 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,297,000 after purchasing an additional 52,805 shares during the period. Finally, Perkins Coie Trust Co lifted its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 1.9% during the second quarter. Perkins Coie Trust Co now owns 206,319 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,369,000 after purchasing an additional 3,795 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF

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.