Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Short Interest Up 542.4% in December

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,580,000 shares, a growth of 542.4% from the November 30th total of 1,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,505,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of VXUS stock opened at $59.53 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $73.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $61.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $61.85. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 12 month low of $55.40 and a 12 month high of $65.52.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a $1.0049 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $4.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.75%. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 416.9% in the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 3,097,712 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,546,000 after buying an additional 2,498,437 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 2,466.1% during the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,562,908 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,243,000 after buying an additional 1,502,002 shares during the last quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 109.7% in the third quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,427,412 shares of the company’s stock valued at $92,412,000 after buying an additional 746,840 shares in the last quarter. Bricktown Capital LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 1,244.7% during the third quarter. Bricktown Capital LLC now owns 768,660 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,763,000 after purchasing an additional 711,497 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 17,047.7% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 292,711 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,950,000 after acquiring an additional 291,004 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

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.