Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) saw a significant decrease in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 339,582 shares, a decrease of 38.8% from the December 31st total of 554,502 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 507,485 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 507,485 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VIGI opened at $92.46 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $91.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is $90.30. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.27 and a fifty-two week high of $94.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.15 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.75.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VIGI. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 26.9% in the 4th quarter. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC now owns 7,297 shares of the company’s stock valued at $667,000 after acquiring an additional 1,549 shares in the last quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 11.5% in the fourth quarter. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC now owns 111,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,185,000 after purchasing an additional 11,556 shares in the last quarter. American Financial & Tax Strategies Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.7% in the fourth quarter. American Financial & Tax Strategies Inc. now owns 48,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,406,000 after purchasing an additional 2,578 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 22.8% during the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 28,174 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,577,000 after buying an additional 5,225 shares during the period. Finally, Comerica Bank grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 12,914 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,181,000 after buying an additional 305 shares in 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.