Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 202,600 shares, a drop of 66.6% from the February 28th total of 606,900 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 299,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 14.3% in the 3rd quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 3,924 shares of the company’s stock valued at $184,000 after buying an additional 490 shares during the period. Hancock Whitney Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 21.4% in the third quarter. Hancock Whitney Corp now owns 23,439 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,100,000 after acquiring an additional 4,139 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 48.4% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,984 shares of the company’s stock worth $93,000 after acquiring an additional 647 shares during the last quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 71.6% during the 3rd quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 69,706 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,270,000 after acquiring an additional 29,091 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $468,000.

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

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF stock opened at $40.81 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $40.39 and a 200 day moving average price of $42.22. 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. The company has a market capitalization of $3.10 billion, a PE ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.76.

About Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

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.