Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) Reaches New 12-Month High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $325.27 and last traded at $325.21, with a volume of 1012 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $324.75.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Trading Up 0.5%

The firm has a market cap of $4.48 billion, a PE ratio of 24.16 and a beta of 1.01. The company’s 50-day moving average is $302.38 and its 200 day moving average is $301.97.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 24th were given a $0.8557 dividend. This represents a $3.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 24th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Main Street Group LTD purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 22.3% in the 1st quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 19,331 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,559,000 after acquiring an additional 3,524 shares in the last quarter. Lincoln National Corp lifted its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 1.0% in the 1st quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 462,641 shares of the company’s stock worth $133,044,000 after buying an additional 4,681 shares in the last quarter. NBT Bank N A NY lifted its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 289.3% in the 1st quarter. NBT Bank N A NY now owns 1,168 shares of the company’s stock worth $336,000 after buying an additional 868 shares in the last quarter. Finally, QRG Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 613.3% in the 1st quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 5,350 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after buying an additional 4,600 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Company Profile

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.