Raymond James & Associates Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG)

Raymond James & Associates boosted its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) by 12.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 640,515 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 70,506 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates owned 0.29% of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF worth $49,973,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 23.8% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 101,172 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,219,000 after purchasing an additional 19,421 shares in the last quarter. Blair William & Co. IL raised its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 11.6% during the first quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 72,701 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,188,000 after buying an additional 7,584 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 17.3% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 15,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,120,000 after buying an additional 2,311 shares during the last quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF in the first quarter worth $207,000. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 1.6% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 50,910 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,633,000 after acquiring an additional 801 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Stock Performance

VONG opened at $86.88 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.00 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a fifty day moving average of $84.10 and a 200 day moving average of $76.94. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $60.06 and a fifty-two week high of $87.75.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 22nd were given a dividend of $0.155 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 21st. This represents a $0.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.71%.

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.