Park Avenue Securities LLC Raises Stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI)

Park Avenue Securities LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) by 33.3% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 4,331 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,081 shares during the quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $346,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 20.8% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 9,506 shares of the company’s stock valued at $839,000 after acquiring an additional 1,639 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL acquired a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Silver Lake Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $206,000. EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 13.5% in the second quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,665,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $216,665,000 after purchasing an additional 317,770 shares during the period. Finally, US Bancorp DE grew its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,323 shares of the company’s stock valued at $293,000 after purchasing an additional 175 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VIGI opened at $82.69 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $7.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.53 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $81.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $84.01. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1 year low of $77.28 and a 1 year high of $89.09.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.2619 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.27%.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Profile

The Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIGI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed and emerging market firms (ex-US) that have increased their annual dividends for seven consecutive years. VIGI was launched on Feb 25, 2016 and is managed by Vanguard.