Vanguard Total International Stock ETF $VXUS Shares Bought by Royal Bank of Canada

Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 12.2% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 4,686,069 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 508,924 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $361,342,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.6% in 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 during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% during the 4th 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 during the last quarter. Narodna banka Slovenska acquired a new position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $1,112,818,000. HB Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in 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 valued at $618,262,000 after buying an additional 454,169 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Valpey Financial Services LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,516.6% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 6,042,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,865,000 after buying an additional 5,963,412 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Trading Down 0.6%

VXUS stock opened at $83.25 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $84.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $82.09. The company has a market capitalization of $152.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a twelve month low of $67.85 and a twelve month high of $88.62.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a dividend of $0.3861 per share. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.9%. 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.

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.