8,862 Shares in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Bought by Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 8,862 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $709,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Professional Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Professional Financial Advisors LLC now owns 16,530 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,322,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. PDS Planning Inc increased its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.3% during the third quarter. PDS Planning Inc now owns 62,854 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,549,000 after purchasing an additional 166 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.6% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,323 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 3,686 shares of the company’s stock valued at $295,000 after purchasing an additional 191 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CWS Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.2% during the third quarter. CWS Financial Advisors LLC now owns 16,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,413,000 after purchasing an additional 192 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

VIGI stock opened at $83.59 on Friday. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1-year low of $77.28 and a 1-year high of $89.09. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $82.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $84.12. The firm has a market cap of $7.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.70 and a beta of 0.77.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a dividend of $0.2619 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.25%.

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.