Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF $VONG Shares Bought by Cerity Partners LLC

Cerity Partners LLC raised its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) by 29.4% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 829,764 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 188,695 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF were worth $101,024,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 6.4% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 8,174,197 shares of the company’s stock valued at $995,208,000 after buying an additional 494,747 shares in the last quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 7.3% in the fourth quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 94,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,485,000 after buying an additional 6,386 shares in the last quarter. Arrowroot Family Office LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Arrowroot Family Office LLC now owns 193,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,551,000 after buying an additional 13,753 shares in the last quarter. Disciplina Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $68,000. Finally, Nemes Rush Group LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 104,720.0% in the fourth quarter. Nemes Rush Group LLC now owns 15,723 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,914,000 after buying an additional 15,708 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Stock Performance

VONG opened at $125.57 on Wednesday. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $103.39 and a fifty-two week high of $132.94. The company has a fifty day moving average of $123.04 and a two-hundred day moving average of $120.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.16.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were issued a $0.1418 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 24th. This is a positive change 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 yield of 0.5%.

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.