Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Has $192.74 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF $VONG

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lowered its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) by 1.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,583,087 shares of the company’s stock after selling 26,983 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF were worth $192,741,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 6.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 8,174,197 shares of the company’s stock worth $995,208,000 after purchasing an additional 494,747 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 8.6% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,031,762 shares of the company’s stock valued at $485,265,000 after acquiring an additional 320,907 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG increased its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,994,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $481,296,000 after acquiring an additional 29,877 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 16.8% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,705,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $404,694,000 after acquiring an additional 534,216 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 11.5% in the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,545,177 shares of the company’s stock valued at $431,625,000 after acquiring an additional 364,951 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Trading Down 1.9%

VONG opened at $123.23 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $42.03 billion, a PE ratio of 33.25 and a beta of 1.16. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $103.39 and a 1-year high of $132.94. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $123.39 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $120.33.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were given a $0.1418 dividend. This represents a $0.57 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.14.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF 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.