Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Up 48.1% in February

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 181,700 shares, a growth of 48.1% from the February 13th total of 122,700 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 309,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VIGI. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $75,324,000. World Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the third quarter valued at about $64,616,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 21.1% in the fourth quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,757,454 shares of the company’s stock valued at $300,559,000 after acquiring an additional 655,933 shares during the period. GEN Financial Management INC. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $25,587,000. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1,426.4% in the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 264,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,189,000 after acquiring an additional 247,545 shares during the period.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF stock opened at $84.50 on Monday. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 52 week low of $77.28 and a 52 week high of $89.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.54 and a beta of 0.77. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $82.83 and a 200 day simple moving average of $83.98.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.2619 per share. This represents a $1.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th.

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.