Ruggaard & Associates LLC Acquires New Holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF $VXUS

Ruggaard & Associates LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund bought 59,701 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,604,000. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF comprises 1.8% of Ruggaard & Associates LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of 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 valued at $6,600,343,000 after purchasing an additional 3,056,564 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% in 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 raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,244,358,000 after buying an additional 4,651,939 shares in the last quarter. Narodna banka Slovenska purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the first quarter worth $1,112,818,000. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 6.0% in the first quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,063,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $618,262,000 after buying an additional 454,169 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VXUS opened at $84.59 on Friday. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $67.85 and a 52-week high of $88.62. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $84.90 and a 200 day moving average of $82.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $154.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.