Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 33.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 7,335 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,818 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $432,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 836,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,152,000 after acquiring an additional 33,604 shares during the last quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 159.0% during the third quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 14,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $906,000 after purchasing an additional 8,595 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 10.3% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 121,821 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,887,000 after purchasing an additional 11,393 shares during the last quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7.0% in the 4th quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC now owns 15,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $913,000 after buying an additional 1,014 shares during the period. Finally, Zhang Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7.6% during the 3rd quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 1,180,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,403,000 after buying an additional 83,809 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

VXUS opened at $60.80 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $77.42 billion, a PE ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $56.48 and a one year high of $65.52. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $60.32 and its 200 day moving average price is $61.59.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $1.0049 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $4.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.61%.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF 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.