Vanguard Russell 1000 Value (NASDAQ:VONV) Short Interest Up 215.4% in April

Vanguard Russell 1000 Value (NASDAQ:VONV) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 807,200 shares, an increase of 215.4% from the March 31st total of 255,900 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 963,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Russell 1000 Value

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VONV. Synergy Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 Value during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Minot DeBlois Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Russell 1000 Value in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. WFA Asset Management Corp bought a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Value in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Lee Danner & Bass Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Russell 1000 Value during the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Finally, Alpine Bank Wealth Management bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Russell 1000 Value during the 1st quarter valued at $38,000.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Value Stock Performance

Vanguard Russell 1000 Value stock opened at $79.47 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $11.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.43 and a beta of 0.95. Vanguard Russell 1000 Value has a fifty-two week low of $71.68 and a fifty-two week high of $87.97. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $80.72 and its 200-day moving average price is $83.02.

Vanguard Russell 1000 Value Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were issued a $0.3843 dividend. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 25th.

About Vanguard Russell 1000 Value

The Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF (VONV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 1000 Value index. The fund tracks an index of value stocks selected from the 1,000 largest US companies. VONV was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.