Abacus Planning Group Inc. Sells 4,605 Shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

Abacus Planning Group Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 1.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 454,253 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,605 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF accounts for 4.7% of Abacus Planning Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. Abacus Planning Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $26,769,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VXUS. Jane Street Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 416.9% in the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 3,097,712 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,546,000 after buying an additional 2,498,437 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,870.3% in the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,100,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,840,000 after buying an additional 1,086,489 shares in the last quarter. 3EDGE Asset Management LP acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $59,870,000. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 109.7% in the third quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,427,412 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,412,000 after buying an additional 746,840 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Manuka Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $21,306,000.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Down 0.7 %

NASDAQ:VXUS opened at $62.86 on Thursday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $60.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $61.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $80.04 billion, a PE ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a twelve month low of $56.91 and a twelve month high of $65.52.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a $1.0049 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $4.02 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.39%.

About Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

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.