Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Stock Position Reduced by Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. trimmed its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) by 2.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,138 shares of the company’s stock after selling 145 shares during the quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $426,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VIGI. EP Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 21.1% during the 4th quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,757,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $300,559,000 after purchasing an additional 655,933 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in 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 buying an additional 422,071 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,091,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,285,000 after buying an additional 51,301 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,051,869 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,139,000 after buying an additional 44,671 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 4.3% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 790,067 shares of the company’s stock worth $65,528,000 after acquiring an additional 32,470 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Down 0.0%

VIGI stock opened at $88.67 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $8.28 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $88.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $84.88. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.27 and a fifty-two week high of $91.19.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 20th were paid a $0.5418 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 20th. This represents a $2.17 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.44%. This is a positive change from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52.

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.