Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) Short Interest Down 33.0% in October

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) was the target of a significant decline in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 55,200 shares, a decline of 33.0% from the September 30th total of 82,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 17,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 25,267.0% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 206,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,444,000 after purchasing an additional 205,926 shares during the period. SVB Wealth LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 94.1% during the first quarter. SVB Wealth LLC now owns 155,985 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,338,000 after purchasing an additional 75,623 shares during the period. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 119.8% during the second quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 152,238 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,476,000 after purchasing an additional 82,988 shares during the period. Diversified Trust Co grew its holdings in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 0.9% during the first quarter. Diversified Trust Co now owns 88,289 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,568,000 after purchasing an additional 824 shares during the period. Finally, Private Advisor Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 2.3% during the first quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 78,424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,270,000 after purchasing an additional 1,764 shares during the period.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Price Performance

VTHR opened at $256.29 on Tuesday. The company has a market cap of $2.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.71 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $251.09 and a 200 day simple moving average of $241.30. Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $182.78 and a fifty-two week high of $259.30.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 26th were paid a dividend of $0.785 per share. This represents a $3.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.23%. This is an increase from Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.78. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 26th.

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.