Financial Counselors Inc. Grows Holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 (NASDAQ:VONE)

Financial Counselors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 (NASDAQ:VONE) by 3.2% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 2,848 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 88 shares during the period. Financial Counselors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 were worth $741,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Hilltop Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC now owns 294,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,535,000 after acquiring an additional 18,157 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 by 0.8% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 248,652 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,667,000 after purchasing an additional 1,920 shares in the last quarter. Flower City Capital increased its holdings in Vanguard Russell 1000 by 5.2% during the 2nd quarter. Flower City Capital now owns 203,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,202,000 after purchasing an additional 10,101 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Russell 1000 by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 180,088 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,314,000 after purchasing an additional 2,997 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 168,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,456,000 after buying an additional 6,109 shares during the period.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Trading Up 0.6 %

VONE opened at $275.14 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $264.92 and its 200-day simple moving average is $253.44. The company has a market capitalization of $5.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.78 and a beta of 1.02. Vanguard Russell 1000 has a 12-month low of $206.23 and a 12-month high of $275.55.

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 given a dividend of $0.824 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Russell 1000’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.81. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 26th. This represents a $3.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.20%.

Vanguard Russell 1000 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.