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

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 4,110,985 shares, a growth of 259.7% from the May 14th total of 1,143,013 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,073,973 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VXUS traded up $2.10 during trading on Thursday, hitting $84.69. The company had a trading volume of 3,870,152 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,295,486. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $83.04 and a 200 day simple moving average of $79.81. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 12 month low of $66.25 and a 12 month high of $87.06. The firm has a market capitalization of $146.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were paid a $0.0795 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.4%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $29,000. Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Torren Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the first quarter worth about $30,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the first quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Triumph Capital Management raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 47.7% in the fourth quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 424 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 137 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Company Profile

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.