Short Interest in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Expands By 48.1%

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 181,700 shares, a growth of 48.1% from the February 13th total of 122,700 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 309,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Up 1.4 %

VIGI opened at $84.50 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $82.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $84.02. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 52 week low of $77.28 and a 52 week high of $89.09. The company has a market capitalization of $7.44 billion, a PE ratio of 22.54 and a beta of 0.77.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.2619 per share. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $34,000. Orion Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $42,000. First Horizon Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $52,000. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 202.3% in the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,000 after acquiring an additional 445 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lindbrook Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $63,000.

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.