Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTHR) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 48,546 shares, a drop of 36.7% from the May 14th total of 76,724 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 50,169 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in VTHR. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 7.8% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 594 shares of the company’s stock valued at $174,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Blair William & Co. IL grew its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 18.2% in the fourth quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 325 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Sonata Capital Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. Sonata Capital Group Inc. now owns 910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $273,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. Apella Capital LLC grew its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 4,339 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,303,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baker Avenue Asset Management LP grew its position in Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. Baker Avenue Asset Management LP now owns 1,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $486,000 after purchasing an additional 90 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of VTHR stock opened at $331.18 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $320.07 and a 200-day moving average of $307.45. Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF has a 12-month low of $261.45 and a 12-month high of $334.77. The company has a market capitalization of $4.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.16 and a beta of 1.01.

Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 24th were given a dividend of $0.8557 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 24th. This represents a $3.42 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.0%.

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.