Valley National Advisers Inc. Raises Position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG)

Valley National Advisers Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VONG) by 52.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,841 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 633 shares during the period. Valley National Advisers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF were worth $190,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF in the 4th quarter worth $180,769,000. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 10.3% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,172,862 shares of the company’s stock worth $499,285,000 after buying an additional 481,895 shares in the last quarter. MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 209.2% during the 3rd quarter. MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. now owns 271,622 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,217,000 after acquiring an additional 183,789 shares during the period. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 98.0% during the 3rd quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. now owns 336,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,450,000 after acquiring an additional 166,380 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF by 15.7% in the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 873,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $84,296,000 after acquiring an additional 118,303 shares during the period.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

VONG opened at $105.31 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $25.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.74 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $104.80 and a 200-day moving average price of $98.58. Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $79.90 and a twelve month high of $107.96.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Growth ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd were issued a dividend of $0.1378 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 23rd.

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.