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

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the target of a large decline in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 258,071 shares, a decline of 34.8% from the May 14th total of 395,819 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 368,169 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $27,000. Arax Advisory Partners bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, ORG Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 36.3% in the 4th quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 107 shares during the period.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VIGI opened at $94.04 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $8.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.70. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $92.65 and its 200 day moving average is $92.22. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1-year low of $85.23 and a 1-year high of $96.60.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

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

About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

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.