Principal Securities Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

Principal Securities Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 15.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 14,318 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,870 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $844,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,870.3% during the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,100,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,840,000 after buying an additional 1,086,489 shares during the last quarter. Tenon Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Tenon Financial LLC now owns 280,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,510,000 after purchasing an additional 6,610 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 836,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,152,000 after purchasing an additional 33,604 shares during the period. Choreo LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 9.2% during the 4th quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 7,025 shares of the company’s stock valued at $414,000 after purchasing an additional 593 shares during the period. Finally, DAVENPORT & Co LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 21.7% during the 4th quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 20,102 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,185,000 after purchasing an additional 3,581 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VXUS opened at $63.24 on Friday. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $56.91 and a 52-week high of $65.52. The firm has a market cap of $80.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85. The business’s fifty day moving average is $60.43 and its 200 day moving average is $61.67.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a $1.0049 dividend. This is a positive change 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 yield of 6.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

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.