Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 171,945 shares, a drop of 63.1% from the May 14th total of 465,565 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,394,137 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 20.6% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 8,932 shares of the company’s stock valued at $980,000 after purchasing an additional 1,523 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC increased its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 8.5% in the 1st quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC now owns 132,198 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,501,000 after acquiring an additional 10,374 shares during the period. Cozad Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 3.5% in the 1st quarter. Cozad Asset Management Inc. now owns 50,927 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,586,000 after acquiring an additional 1,741 shares during the period. Westshore Wealth LLC increased its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 12.3% in the 1st quarter. Westshore Wealth LLC now owns 31,016 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,402,000 after acquiring an additional 3,388 shares during the period. Finally, TrueWealth Financial Partners acquired a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $355,000.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VONG traded down $0.08 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $124.99. The company had a trading volume of 834,970 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,696,147. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a one year low of $103.39 and a one year high of $132.94. The firm has a market cap of $42.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.16. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $123.70 and its 200 day simple moving average is $120.38.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 24th were paid a $0.1418 dividend. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. This is a boost from Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 24th.

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.