Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund Takes Position in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF $VTWO

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund purchased a new stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm purchased 302,000 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $30,055,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VTWO. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 72.5% in the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 3,363,151 shares of the company’s stock valued at $334,701,000 after acquiring an additional 1,413,739 shares during the last quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $121,029,000. NEOS Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 49.9% in the 3rd quarter. NEOS Investment Management LLC now owns 3,508,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $343,236,000 after acquiring an additional 1,168,230 shares during the last quarter. PKS Advisory Services LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 2,968.7% in the 3rd quarter. PKS Advisory Services LLC now owns 725,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,984,000 after acquiring an additional 702,010 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 27,109,964 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,364,531,000 after acquiring an additional 619,457 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VTWO opened at $119.34 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $112.60 and a 200 day simple moving average of $106.61. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF has a 52-week low of $83.59 and a 52-week high of $120.64. The stock has a market cap of $16.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.60 and a beta of 1.11.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 24th were paid a dividend of $0.2621 per share. This represents a $1.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 24th.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 index, a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap stocks VTWO was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.