Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 395,819 shares, a growth of 65.7% from the April 30th total of 238,919 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 254,629 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:VIGI traded down $0.68 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $93.47. 160,662 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 420,522. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a twelve month low of $85.23 and a twelve month high of $96.60. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $91.41 and a 200-day moving average price of $91.93. The stock has a market cap of $8.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.70.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a $0.5646 dividend. This represents a $2.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. This is a positive change from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 199.9% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 38,621 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,481,000 after purchasing an additional 25,742 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 20,535.5% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 19,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,729,000 after buying an additional 19,098 shares in the last quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 16.2% in the second quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 8,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $806,000 after buying an additional 1,247 shares during the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 566.3% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 54,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,929,000 after buying an additional 46,488 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $202,000.

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.