Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VTWG) Increases Dividend to $0.42 Per Share

Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF (NASDAQ:VTWG) declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 16th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.4245 per share on Tuesday, June 23rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. This is a 31.0% increase from Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.32.

Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VTWG traded up $6.83 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $284.40. The company had a trading volume of 38,803 shares, compared to its average volume of 23,797. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.82 and a beta of 1.20. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $265.61 and a 200-day moving average price of $250.29. Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $198.84 and a 52-week high of $284.40.

About Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF

The Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF (VTWG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap growth stocks. Holdings are selected and weighted based on EPS growth estimates and historical sales growth. VTWG was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.