North Star Investment Management Corp. Has $351,000 Holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF $VTWO

North Star Investment Management Corp. increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) by 90.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,019 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,904 shares during the period. North Star Investment Management Corp.’s holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF were worth $351,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VTWO. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 152.0% in the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 6,862,034 shares of the company’s stock valued at $556,030,000 after buying an additional 4,138,846 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 6.1% in the 1st quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 6,036,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $486,869,000 after buying an additional 348,892 shares during the last quarter. Summit Rock Advisors LP increased its stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 19.4% in the 1st quarter. Summit Rock Advisors LP now owns 1,478,312 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,226,000 after buying an additional 240,568 shares during the last quarter. Allianz SE purchased a new stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $18,711,000. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $14,933,000.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VTWO opened at $96.76 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $13.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.60 and a beta of 1.15. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF has a 52 week low of $69.38 and a 52 week high of $100.27. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $93.33 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $86.21.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 24th will be paid a $0.3428 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 24th. This represents a $1.37 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.4%.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Profile

The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 index, a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap stocks VTWO was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.