Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 586,000 shares, an increase of 42.5% from the January 31st total of 411,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 326,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Empower Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 7.5% during the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,531,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $653,990,000 after purchasing an additional 1,159,566 shares in the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 1,310,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,856,000 after buying an additional 54,463 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 700,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,704,000 after buying an additional 64,506 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 667,368 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,401,000 after acquiring an additional 41,137 shares during the period. Finally, Lincoln National Corp raised its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 9.8% during the fourth quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 660,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,147,000 after acquiring an additional 59,192 shares in the last quarter.

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

VNQI opened at $40.47 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.76. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $39.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $42.65. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a fifty-two week low of $38.01 and a fifty-two week high of $47.63.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced an annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $2.0404 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 5.2%.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Company Profile

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.