Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Up 25.7% in March

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 244,864 shares, a growth of 25.7% from the February 26th total of 194,771 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 645,332 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 84,350 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,714,000 after acquiring an additional 574 shares in the last quarter. Cedarwood Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $418,000. SHP Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,330,000. GuidedMoney LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $415,000. Finally, Catalyst Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $937,000.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Up 2.8%

Shares of NASDAQ:VIGI opened at $88.46 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $92.18 and its 200 day moving average is $91.23. The stock has a market cap of $8.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.75. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 52-week low of $74.27 and a 52-week high of $96.60.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were given a dividend of $0.5646 per share. This represents a $2.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This is a positive change from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53.

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.