Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) saw a large drop in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 238,919 shares, a drop of 37.5% from the April 15th total of 382,244 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 274,453 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. ORG Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 36.3% during the 4th quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,414 shares of the company’s stock worth $221,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares during the last quarter. Formidable Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.9% in the 1st quarter. Formidable Asset Management LLC now owns 13,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,239,000 after purchasing an additional 116 shares during the last quarter. Andina Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Andina Capital Management LLC now owns 5,193 shares of the company’s stock worth $475,000 after purchasing an additional 117 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TBH Global Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.7% in the 4th quarter. TBH Global Asset Management LLC now owns 17,621 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,611,000 after purchasing an additional 129 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:VIGI traded up $0.63 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $93.53. 354,127 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 428,189. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $90.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $91.61. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 52 week low of $85.23 and a 52 week high of $96.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.71.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.5646 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $2.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%. This is a boost from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53.

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.