Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) Sees Strong Trading Volume Following Dividend Announcement

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) saw unusually-high trading volume on Thursday following a dividend announcement from the company. Approximately 78,268 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 107% from the previous session’s volume of 37,829 shares.The stock last traded at $300.12 and had previously closed at $296.41.

The newly announced dividend which will be paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 22nd will be paid a $0.893 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 22nd.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Trading Up 0.9%

The firm has a market cap of $3.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.16 and a beta of 1.02. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $297.98 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $286.56.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 12.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 589,189 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,437,000 after purchasing an additional 63,729 shares during the last quarter. Lincoln National Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 1.4% during the second quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 466,325 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,190,000 after purchasing an additional 6,527 shares during the last quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 25.7% in the third quarter. Tompkins Financial Corp now owns 276,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $81,435,000 after buying an additional 56,625 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 230,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,890,000 after buying an additional 5,983 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 658,835.3% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 224,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,284,000 after buying an additional 224,004 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

The Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (VTHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 3000 index, a market-cap-weighted index that measures the investable US equity space, covering the entire market-cap spectrum including micro-caps. VTHR was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.