Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOO) Declares Annual Dividend of $1.51

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOO) declared an annual dividend on Friday, April 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 22nd will be paid a dividend of 1.5077 per share on Wednesday, December 24th. This represents a dividend yield of 132.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 22nd.

Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VIOO traded up $0.21 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $114.36. The stock had a trading volume of 266,458 shares, compared to its average volume of 132,799. The company has a market capitalization of $3.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.43 and a beta of 1.08. Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF has a 1-year low of $82.39 and a 1-year high of $117.07. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $111.15 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $107.44.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Simplex Trading LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF in the first quarter worth $35,000. Cresset Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF by 43.4% during the first quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 8,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $801,000 after purchasing an additional 2,510 shares during the period. Capital Analysts LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF by 75.4% in the 1st quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 3,944 shares of the company’s stock worth $381,000 after buying an additional 1,695 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF by 13.2% in the 1st quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 382,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,947,000 after buying an additional 44,527 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Compound Planning Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF by 6.3% in the 1st quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 2,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 164 shares during the period.

About Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF

The Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (VIOO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Small Cap 600 index, a market-cap-weighted index of 600 small-cap US stocks selected by an S&P Committee. VIOO was launched on Sep 7, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.