Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. Acquires New Shares in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF $VXUS

Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 11,341 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $875,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VXUS. Narodna banka Slovenska purchased a new position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $1,112,818,000. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,516.6% during the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 6,042,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,865,000 after buying an additional 5,963,412 shares during the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 5,133.0% during the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 5,152,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $388,737,000 after buying an additional 5,054,456 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,244,358,000 after buying an additional 4,651,939 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 87,491,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,600,343,000 after buying an additional 3,056,564 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of NASDAQ:VXUS opened at $84.46 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $154.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $67.85 and a 52-week high of $88.62. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $84.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is $81.91.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a dividend of $0.3861 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.8%. This is an increase from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08.

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.