Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Sees Large Decrease in Short Interest

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) saw a significant drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 15,200 shares, a drop of 49.3% from the March 15th total of 30,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 305,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VNQI opened at $41.11 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $40.92 and a 200-day moving average of $40.42. The company has a market cap of $3.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.30 and a beta of 0.76. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a 1 year low of $36.58 and a 1 year high of $43.70.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Dopkins Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 12.0% during the fourth quarter. Dopkins Wealth Management LLC now owns 18,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $778,000 after buying an additional 1,951 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning raised its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 8.6% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 506,682 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,725,000 after acquiring an additional 40,289 shares in the last quarter. FC Advisory LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 17.2% during the 4th quarter. FC Advisory LLC now owns 14,112 shares of the company’s stock worth $601,000 after acquiring an additional 2,068 shares during the period. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 28.7% in the third quarter. Websterrogers Financial Advisors LLC now owns 10,851 shares of the company’s stock worth $422,000 after purchasing an additional 2,421 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 5.7% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 18,734 shares of the company’s stock worth $726,000 after purchasing an additional 1,015 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

The Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (VNQI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Global x United States Property index, a market-cap-weighted index of non-US real estate investment trusts. VNQI was launched on Nov 1, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.