Short Interest in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Declines By 68.6%

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 43,300 shares, a decrease of 68.6% from the March 15th total of 137,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 223,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Blair William & Co. IL increased its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 11.3% in the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 58,163 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,598,000 after purchasing an additional 5,891 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 94.7% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 5,096 shares of the company’s stock valued at $403,000 after buying an additional 2,479 shares in the last quarter. Mariner LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 24.4% during the 1st quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 105,034 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,302,000 after buying an additional 20,613 shares during the period. UBS Group AG lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 4.8% during the 1st quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 729,283 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,646,000 after buying an additional 33,208 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $221,000.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VIGI opened at $79.91 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.30 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $80.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $76.96. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 12 month low of $68.45 and a 12 month high of $82.95.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 18th were issued a $0.434 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.74 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.17%.

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.