Short Interest in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Drops By 25.7%

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) saw a significant decline in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 122,700 shares, a decline of 25.7% from the January 31st total of 165,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 296,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF stock opened at $83.59 on Monday. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.28 and a fifty-two week high of $89.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.70 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $82.03 and its two-hundred day moving average is $84.12.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a $0.2619 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.25%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VIGI. EP Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 21.1% in the fourth quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,757,454 shares of the company’s stock valued at $300,559,000 after purchasing an additional 655,933 shares during the last quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 9.3% during the 4th quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,927,481 shares of the company’s stock valued at $154,179,000 after buying an additional 163,654 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. increased its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 2.3% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 1,647,211 shares of the company’s stock worth $145,416,000 after buying an additional 36,453 shares in the last quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC increased its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,198,981 shares of the company’s stock worth $95,907,000 after buying an additional 19,935 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,091,195 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,285,000 after acquiring an additional 51,301 shares during the last quarter.

About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

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.