Vise Technologies Inc. Raises Stock Position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIGI

Vise Technologies Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) by 445.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 21,426 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,498 shares during the period. Vise Technologies Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $1,959,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VIGI. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 199.9% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 38,621 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,481,000 after acquiring an additional 25,742 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 20,535.5% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 19,191 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,729,000 after acquiring an additional 19,098 shares during the period. HUB Investment Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 16.2% in the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 8,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $806,000 after acquiring an additional 1,247 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 566.3% in the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 54,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,929,000 after acquiring an additional 46,488 shares during the period. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $202,000.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VIGI stock opened at $93.08 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $91.95 and its 200-day simple moving average is $92.02. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 52 week low of $85.23 and a 52 week high of $96.60. The company has a market cap of $8.86 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.70.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were paid a $0.5646 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $2.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend 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.