World Investment Advisors Acquires Shares of 3,509 Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF $VONG

World Investment Advisors bought a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 3,509 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $383,000.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 19.5% in the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 6,602,552 shares of the company’s stock worth $612,651,000 after purchasing an additional 1,077,100 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 1,317.6% in the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 600,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,681,000 after buying an additional 558,228 shares during the last quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $44,778,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 10.0% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,987,038 shares of the company’s stock valued at $435,385,000 after acquiring an additional 362,498 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cynosure Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $23,093,000.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Trading Up 0.5%

VONG stock opened at $125.49 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $119.80 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $110.77. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $79.39 and a 1-year high of $126.83. The stock has a market cap of $33.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.12.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 24th were given a $0.1419 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.13. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, September 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.