Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Reaches New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $88.62 and last traded at $87.08, with a volume of 1222120 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $86.77.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $150.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $84.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $80.41.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.3861 per share. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 18th. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 87,491,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,600,343,000 after purchasing an additional 3,056,564 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,202,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,020,484,000 after purchasing an additional 6,264,606 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,244,358,000 after purchasing an additional 4,651,939 shares during the period. Narodna banka Slovenska bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $1,112,818,000. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 6.0% in the 1st quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,063,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $618,262,000 after purchasing an additional 454,169 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the FTSE Global All Cap ex US index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the world’s global market capitalization outside the US. VXUS was launched on Jan 26, 2011 and is managed by Vanguard.