Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF (NASDAQ:VTWV) Shares Up 2.6% – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF (NASDAQ:VTWV)’s share price traded up 2.6% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as high as $175.32 and last traded at $174.83. 37,075 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 3% from the average session volume of 38,283 shares. The stock had previously closed at $170.39.

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF Stock Up 2.6%

The company has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.86 and a beta of 1.02. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $171.16 and a 200 day moving average price of $164.27.

Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were issued a $0.6109 dividend. This represents a $2.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.4%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 24th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $320,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Clear Retirement Advice LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $636,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 23.4% during the fourth quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 3,983 shares of the company’s stock worth $637,000 after acquiring an additional 756 shares in the last quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 5.9% during the fourth quarter. Gotham Asset Management LLC now owns 10,645 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,702,000 after acquiring an additional 593 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Equitable Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Equitable Holdings Inc. now owns 22,112 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,536,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF

The Vanguard Russell 2000 Value ETF (VTWV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 Value index. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap value stocks. Holdings are selected and weighted based on price-to-book-value. VTWV was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.