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

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 47,600 shares, a growth of 15.8% from the August 15th total of 41,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 200,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Washington Trust Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Washington Trust Bank now owns 16,223 shares of the company’s stock valued at $691,000 after buying an additional 450 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Planning Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Planning Inc. now owns 96,774 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,122,000 after buying an additional 4,499 shares in the last quarter. AWM Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 124.1% in the 4th quarter. AWM Capital LLC now owns 127,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,422,000 after buying an additional 70,502 shares in the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $468,000. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 14,812 shares of the company’s stock valued at $631,000 after buying an additional 276 shares in the last quarter.

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

NASDAQ VNQI opened at $45.57 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.07 and a beta of 0.76. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $43.17 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $41.93. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a one year low of $36.58 and a one year high of $45.74.

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.