Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Up 65.7% in May

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 395,819 shares, an increase of 65.7% from the April 30th total of 238,919 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 254,629 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of VIGI. EP Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $597,457,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 25.1% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,046,684 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,327,000 after purchasing an additional 209,820 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,748,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $337,800,000 after purchasing an additional 206,850 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,793,264 shares of the company’s stock worth $621,244,000 after purchasing an additional 200,374 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Rothschild Wealth LLC grew its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 3,512.3% during the 4th quarter. Rothschild Wealth LLC now owns 118,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,796,000 after purchasing an additional 114,781 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VIGI traded up $1.15 during trading on Thursday, reaching $94.50. 97,689 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 418,632. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.00 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.70. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $91.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $91.97. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 12-month low of $85.23 and a 12-month high of $96.60.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were given a dividend of $0.5646 per share. This represents a $2.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. This is a boost from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th.

About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

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.