Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Hits New 1-Year High After Dividend Announcement

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday after the company announced a dividend. The stock traded as high as $63.95 and last traded at $63.95, with a volume of 5673 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $62.58.

The newly announced dividend which will be paid on Tuesday, September 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.272 per share. This represents a $1.09 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.72%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 20th.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

The company has a market cap of $75.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $61.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $60.87.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VXUS. Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the first quarter valued at about $210,000. Brookstone Capital Management boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 15.3% in the 1st quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 81,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,942,000 after purchasing an additional 10,854 shares during the period. Boston Family Office LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Boston Family Office LLC now owns 38,677 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,242,000 after purchasing an additional 577 shares in the last quarter. Essential Planning LLC. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 13,637 shares of the company’s stock worth $790,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares during the period. Finally, Harbour Investments Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 133,352 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,729,000 after buying an additional 9,279 shares in the last quarter.

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.