Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Short Interest Up 47.4% in August

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,820,000 shares, anincreaseof47.4% from the July 31st total of 3,270,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,395,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days. Based on an average daily volume of 4,395,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,653,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,641,458,000 after buying an additional 1,838,193 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 112.7% in the 1st quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 14,060,858 shares of the company’s stock valued at $873,179,000 after buying an additional 7,451,401 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 12,632,241 shares of the company’s stock valued at $784,462,000 after buying an additional 190,538 shares during the last quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 10,438,638 shares of the company’s stock valued at $721,205,000 after buying an additional 182,850 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 26.4% in the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 6,577,072 shares of the company’s stock valued at $454,410,000 after buying an additional 1,373,838 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VXUS opened at $71.78 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $99.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.85. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $70.20 and its 200-day moving average is $66.28. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $54.98 and a one year high of $72.46.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Friday, June 20th were given a $0.4851 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 20th. This represents a $1.94 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.7%. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.19.

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.