Short Interest in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Grows By 343.0%

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 18,212,100 shares, a growth of 343.0% from the May 31st total of 4,110,985 shares. Approximately 1.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,058,854 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.0 days.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF stock opened at $84.48 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $84.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $80.72. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 12-month low of $67.85 and a 12-month high of $88.62. The firm has a market cap of $146.48 billion, a PE ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th were issued a dividend of $0.3861 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.8%. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Narodna banka Slovenska purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,112,818,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,202,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,020,484,000 after acquiring an additional 6,264,606 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,516.6% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 6,042,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,865,000 after acquiring an additional 5,963,412 shares in the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 5,133.0% in the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 5,152,926 shares of the company’s stock valued at $388,737,000 after acquiring an additional 5,054,456 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,244,358,000 after purchasing an additional 4,651,939 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Company 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.