Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Down 37.5% in April

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) saw a large decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 238,919 shares, a decline of 37.5% from the April 15th total of 382,244 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 274,453 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VIGI. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the third quarter valued at $27,000. Arax Advisory Partners acquired a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the third quarter worth $34,000. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the third quarter worth $36,000.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VIGI traded down $0.73 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $92.13. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 225,793 shares, compared to its average volume of 429,592. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1 year low of $85.23 and a 1 year high of $96.60. The stock has a market cap of $8.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.71. The business’s fifty day moving average is $90.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $91.59.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were paid a dividend of $0.5646 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIGI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed and emerging market firms (ex-US) that have increased their annual dividends for seven consecutive years. VIGI was launched on Feb 25, 2016 and is managed by Vanguard.