Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) Declares Dividend Increase – $0.40 Per Share

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ:VTWO) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 22nd will be paid a dividend of 0.4028 per share on Wednesday, December 24th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 22nd. This is a 17.5% increase from Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VTWO traded up $0.87 during trading on Friday, hitting $101.77. 2,452,198 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,029,998. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $99.17 and a 200-day moving average price of $94.25. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.57 billion, a PE ratio of 16.60 and a beta of 1.13. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF has a 12-month low of $69.38 and a 12-month high of $104.40.

Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (VTWO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Russell 2000 index, a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap stocks VTWO was launched on Sep 20, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.