Stephens Inc. AR Sells 7,940 Shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF $VONG

Stephens Inc. AR reduced its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) by 2.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 364,923 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,940 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR owned about 0.12% of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF worth $44,429,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VONG. Quent Long Short Global Small Cap Fund LP bought a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $128,233,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 16.8% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,705,989 shares of the company’s stock worth $404,694,000 after acquiring an additional 534,216 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 11.5% in the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,545,177 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,625,000 after acquiring an additional 364,951 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 150.2% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 583,763 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,747,000 after acquiring an additional 350,429 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 8.6% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,031,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $485,265,000 after acquiring an additional 320,907 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of NASDAQ VONG opened at $128.01 on Friday. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $99.91 and a 1-year high of $129.73. The company has a market cap of $43.66 billion, a PE ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.16. The company has a 50-day moving average of $117.55 and a two-hundred day moving average of $119.58.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were paid a $0.1418 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 24th.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Company Profile

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.