2,725 Shares in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) Acquired by Everett Harris & Co. CA

Everett Harris & Co. CA acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 2,725 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $213,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 114.4% in the 3rd quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 10,661,133 shares of the company’s stock valued at $729,648,000 after buying an additional 5,689,290 shares during the period. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 25,173.7% in the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,643,705 shares of the company’s stock valued at $366,201,000 after buying an additional 6,617,418 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 3.7% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,923,244 shares of the company’s stock valued at $336,947,000 after buying an additional 175,601 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,773,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $326,682,000 after buying an additional 43,855 shares during the period. Finally, Citigroup Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 4,751,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $325,214,000 after buying an additional 139,821 shares during the period.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF stock traded down $0.21 during trading on Thursday, hitting $86.67. 587,908 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 923,249. The stock has a market cap of $19.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.00 and a beta of 1.08. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $84.10 and its 200 day moving average price is $76.94. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $60.94 and a 12-month high of $87.75.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 22nd were given a dividend of $0.155 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 21st. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.72%.

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.