Short Interest in Vanguard Russell 1000 (NASDAQ:VONE) Increases By 110.2%

Vanguard Russell 1000 (NASDAQ:VONE) saw a large growth in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 43,300 shares, a growth of 110.2% from the October 15th total of 20,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 51,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Trading Down 1.3 %

VONE traded down $3.52 on Friday, hitting $266.63. 42,341 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 61,217. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $260.42 and a 200-day moving average price of $250.28. The stock has a market cap of $5.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.78 and a beta of 1.02. Vanguard Russell 1000 has a fifty-two week low of $203.37 and a fifty-two week high of $273.43.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 26th were paid a $0.824 dividend. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.24%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Russell 1000’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.81. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 26th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Russell 1000

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VONE. Silver Lake Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 in the 2nd quarter valued at $25,526,000. Waverly Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 by 24.3% in the 1st quarter. Waverly Advisors LLC now owns 350,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $83,645,000 after acquiring an additional 68,551 shares during the last quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 by 30.8% in the 1st quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC now owns 276,617 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,923,000 after purchasing an additional 65,215 shares during the last quarter. Brookstone Capital Management purchased a new stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 in the third quarter valued at approximately $16,885,000. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 in the first quarter valued at approximately $12,191,000.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Company Profile

The Vanguard Russell 1000 ETF (VONE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 1000 index, a market-cap-weighted index of the 1000 largest US companies. VONE was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.