Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Up 309.5% in April

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 382,244 shares, an increase of 309.5% from the March 31st total of 93,339 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 294,895 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VIGI opened at $91.87 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $91.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $91.41. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 52-week low of $84.39 and a 52-week high of $96.60. The company has a market cap of $8.75 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.73.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were paid a dividend of $0.5646 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 20th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. EP Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $597,457,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 25.1% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,046,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $94,327,000 after acquiring an additional 209,820 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.8% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,748,331 shares of the company’s stock valued at $337,800,000 after acquiring an additional 206,850 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,793,264 shares of the company’s stock valued at $621,244,000 after acquiring an additional 200,374 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 15.8% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,116,704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,885,000 after acquiring an additional 152,025 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Company Profile

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.