Advantage Trust Co Takes $29,000 Position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF $VONG

Advantage Trust Co acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 268 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $29,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VONG. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 19.5% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,602,552 shares of the company’s stock valued at $612,651,000 after buying an additional 1,077,100 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 1,317.6% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 600,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $55,681,000 after buying an additional 558,228 shares during the last quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF during the first quarter valued at $44,778,000. Cynosure Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF during the first quarter valued at $23,093,000. Finally, Tolleson Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF during the first quarter valued at $19,820,000.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of VONG opened at $121.60 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $32.90 billion, a PE ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.08. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $79.39 and a 1-year high of $122.66. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $117.98 and its 200-day moving average price is $108.11.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 24th were issued a $0.1419 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%.

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.