Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,212,100 shares, an increase of 343.0% from the May 31st total of 4,110,985 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,058,854 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.0 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 87,491,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,600,343,000 after buying an additional 3,056,564 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% during 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 acquiring an additional 6,264,606 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,244,358,000 after acquiring an additional 4,651,939 shares in the last quarter. Narodna banka Slovenska purchased a new position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the first quarter worth $1,112,818,000. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 6.0% in the first quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,063,098 shares of the company’s stock valued at $618,262,000 after acquiring an additional 454,169 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Down 0.7%

NASDAQ:VXUS opened at $84.48 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $84.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $80.72. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a twelve month low of $67.85 and a twelve month high of $88.62. The stock has a market cap of $146.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th were given a $0.3861 dividend. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.8%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th.

About Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

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.