Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Up 29.3% 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 31st, there was short interest totalling 214,300 shares, an increase of 29.3% from the May 15th total of 165,800 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 335,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

VIGI opened at $88.91 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.99 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.80 and a beta of 0.77. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a one year low of $74.27 and a one year high of $91.19. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $86.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $84.02.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. EP Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 14.4% in the 1st quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,298,002 shares of the company’s stock worth $356,476,000 after acquiring an additional 540,548 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 29.0% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,876,071 shares of the company’s stock worth $155,601,000 after purchasing an additional 422,071 shares during the last quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,198,981 shares of the company’s stock valued at $95,907,000 after purchasing an additional 19,935 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,091,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,285,000 after purchasing an additional 51,301 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 2.5% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,078,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,420,000 after purchasing an additional 26,260 shares during the last quarter.

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.