Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,230,000 shares, a growth of 14.6% from the January 15th total of 10,670,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,934,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF stock opened at $62.91 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $60.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $61.61. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 52 week low of $56.91 and a 52 week high of $65.52. The company has a market capitalization of $80.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were given a $1.0049 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $4.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.39%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,870.3% in the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,100,294 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,840,000 after buying an additional 1,086,489 shares in the last quarter. Tenon Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 2.4% in the fourth quarter. Tenon Financial LLC now owns 280,635 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,510,000 after buying an additional 6,610 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 4.2% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 836,447 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,152,000 after buying an additional 33,604 shares in the last quarter. Choreo LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 9.2% in the fourth quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 7,025 shares of the company’s stock worth $414,000 after buying an additional 593 shares in the last quarter. Finally, DAVENPORT & Co LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 21.7% in the fourth quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 20,102 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,185,000 after buying an additional 3,581 shares in the last quarter.

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.