Short Interest in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Expands By 2,558.5%

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 563,600 shares, a growth of 2,558.5% from the December 31st total of 21,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 299,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of VNQI stock traded up $0.16 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $40.04. 23,302 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 329,304. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $40.78 and a two-hundred day moving average of $42.94. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a fifty-two week low of $38.01 and a fifty-two week high of $47.63. The firm has a market cap of $3.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.07 and a beta of 0.76.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $2.0404 per share. This represents a yield of 5.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 15,372,024 shares of the company’s stock worth $721,102,000 after purchasing an additional 305,019 shares during the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 1,310,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,856,000 after acquiring an additional 54,463 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 2.2% during the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 723,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,360,000 after acquiring an additional 15,330 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 1.2% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 583,715 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,681,000 after acquiring an additional 6,713 shares in the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4.5% in the third quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 498,746 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,396,000 after acquiring an additional 21,493 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

The Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (VNQI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Global x United States Property index, a market-cap-weighted index of non-US real estate investment trusts. VNQI was launched on Nov 1, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.