Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 11,921,834 shares, a growth of 54.2% from the July 15th total of 7,733,134 shares. Currently, 0.7% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 4,456,166 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 87,491,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,600,343,000 after acquiring an additional 3,056,564 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,202,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,020,484,000 after purchasing an additional 6,264,606 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake 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 purchasing an additional 4,651,939 shares during the period. Narodna banka Slovenska acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the first quarter worth about $1,112,818,000. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 6.0% during the first quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,063,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $618,262,000 after purchasing an additional 454,169 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VXUS stock opened at $87.87 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $160.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $85.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $82.83. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $70.36 and a one year high of $88.62.

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. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th.

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.