Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) Hits New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) reached a new 52-week high on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $271.93 and last traded at $271.70, with a volume of 20009 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $271.32.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

The firm has a market cap of $3.41 billion, a PE ratio of 23.71 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $265.76 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $258.07.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 23rd were issued a dividend of $0.8612 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 23rd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 627,146 shares of the company’s stock valued at $162,995,000 after buying an additional 2,768 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $135,532,000. Lincoln National Corp purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $119,545,000. Cliffwater LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 30.6% during the fourth quarter. Cliffwater LLC now owns 262,086 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,074,000 after purchasing an additional 61,414 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 227,514 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,095,000 after purchasing an additional 12,365 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

The Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (VTHR) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 3000 index, a market-cap-weighted index that measures the investable US equity space, covering the entire market-cap spectrum including micro-caps. VTHR was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.