Valmark Advisers Inc. Purchases 5,515 Shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

Valmark Advisers Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 8.3% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 72,135 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 5,515 shares during the quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $4,251,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of VXUS. Jane Street Group LLC raised its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 2,498,437 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 1,086,489 shares during the last quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 746,840 shares during the last quarter. Manuka Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $21,306,000. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 17,047.7% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 292,711 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,950,000 after acquiring an additional 291,004 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

VXUS stock opened at $62.91 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $60.36 and a 200 day moving average price of $61.61. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.91 and a fifty-two week high of $65.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.11 billion, a PE ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $1.0049 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This is an increase from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $4.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend 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.