Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Down 31.9% in December

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the target of a large decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 107,600 shares, a decline of 31.9% from the December 15th total of 157,900 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 243,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VIGI. Atomi Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 39.3% during the 4th quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 14,452 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,156,000 after buying an additional 4,074 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 30.3% in the fourth quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 17,092 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,367,000 after acquiring an additional 3,971 shares during the period. Shore Point Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Shore Point Advisors LLC now owns 21,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,711,000 after acquiring an additional 371 shares during the period. Capital Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Capital Wealth Management LLC now owns 20,875 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,670,000 after acquiring an additional 629 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Trueblood Wealth Management LLC raised its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 31.0% in the 4th quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,924 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,000 after purchasing an additional 1,403 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Trading Up 0.0 %

Shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF stock opened at $80.04 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $81.88 and a 200-day simple moving average of $84.03. The stock has a market cap of $7.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.53 and a beta of 0.77. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 12-month low of $77.28 and a 12-month high of $89.09.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a $0.2619 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.31%.

About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

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.