Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) saw a large drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,733,134 shares, a drop of 41.1% from the June 30th total of 13,137,651 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,155,486 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of VXUS opened at $84.59 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $154.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. The company’s fifty day moving average is $84.90 and its 200-day moving average is $82.19. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 12 month low of $67.85 and a 12 month high of $88.62.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were issued a dividend of $0.3861 per share. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. This is an increase from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 211.0% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 109,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,435,000 after purchasing an additional 74,085 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 65,245 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,845,000 after purchasing an additional 2,142 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 87.8% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 24,860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,544,000 after buying an additional 11,622 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7.7% in the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,033 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,351,000 after buying an additional 2,441 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $247,000.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Company Profile

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.