Short Interest in Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF (NASDAQ:VONE) Decreases By 65.0%

Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF (NASDAQ:VONE) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 35,400 shares, a decrease of 65.0% from the May 15th total of 101,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 163,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF Price Performance

VONE opened at $271.20 on Friday. Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $218.75 and a fifty-two week high of $279.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.65 billion, a PE ratio of 25.15 and a beta of 1.02. The company’s 50-day moving average is $257.78 and its 200 day moving average is $264.20.

Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th were issued a $0.7943 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 25th. This represents a $3.18 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.17%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF by 63.9% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 639,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $170,514,000 after acquiring an additional 249,163 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF by 7.7% in the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 353,423 shares of the company’s stock valued at $94,267,000 after buying an additional 25,128 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $72,938,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF by 12.8% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 252,460 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,090,000 after buying an additional 28,556 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 243,125 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,720,000 after buying an additional 881 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF

The Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF (VONE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 1000 index, a market-cap-weighted index of the 1000 largest US companies. VONE was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.