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

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 107,600 shares, a drop of 31.9% from the December 15th total of 157,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 243,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FMR LLC raised its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 20.8% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 9,506 shares of the company’s stock valued at $839,000 after buying an additional 1,639 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the second quarter valued at $28,000. Silver Lake Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $206,000. Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 17.3% in the 3rd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 3,250 shares of the company’s stock worth $287,000 after purchasing an additional 480 shares in the last quarter. Finally, EP Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 13.5% during the 2nd quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,665,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $216,665,000 after purchasing an additional 317,770 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

VIGI stock opened at $78.97 on Wednesday. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.28 and a fifty-two week high of $89.09. The company has a market capitalization of $6.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.53 and a beta of 0.77. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $82.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $84.08.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.2619 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.33%.

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.