Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Up 93.0% in June

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 206,100 shares, an increase of 93.0% from the June 15th total of 106,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 221,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 8.7% during the 1st quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,347,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $191,424,000 after acquiring an additional 188,061 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $127,361,000. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 68.9% during the 1st quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,541,679 shares of the company’s stock worth $125,693,000 after acquiring an additional 628,997 shares during the period. Parcion Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $118,450,000. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 948,028 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,217,000 after purchasing an additional 45,303 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of NASDAQ:VIGI opened at $83.71 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $81.24 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $80.30. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 12-month low of $68.45 and a 12-month high of $84.13. The firm has a market cap of $6.91 billion, a PE ratio of 20.53 and a beta of 0.77.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 21st were issued a dividend of $0.536 per share. This represents a $2.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.56%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 21st. This is an increase from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.43.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Company Profile

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.