Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VTWG) Raises Dividend to $0.42 Per Share

Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VTWG) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 16th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be given a dividend of 0.4245 per share on Tuesday, June 23rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 18th. This is a 31.0% increase from Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32.

Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF stock traded up $6.83 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $284.40. The company had a trading volume of 38,803 shares, compared to its average volume of 23,797. Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $198.84 and a 1-year high of $284.40. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $265.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $250.29. The stock has a market cap of $1.47 billion, a PE ratio of 20.82 and a beta of 1.20.

About Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF

The Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF (VTWG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap growth stocks. Holdings are selected and weighted based on EPS growth estimates and historical sales growth. VTWG was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.