Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. Sells 1,074 Shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. cut its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 6.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 15,079 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,074 shares during the quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $909,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Whittier Trust Co. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 74.2% during the 4th quarter. Whittier Trust Co. now owns 3,479 shares of the company’s stock valued at $202,000 after purchasing an additional 1,482 shares during the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 84.0% during the 4th quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 13,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $778,000 after purchasing an additional 6,127 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 1,287,124 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,602,000 after purchasing an additional 61,995 shares during the last quarter. CVA Family Office LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $96,000. Finally, Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 44.1% during the 4th quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,877 shares of the company’s stock valued at $341,000 after purchasing an additional 1,799 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF stock traded down $0.37 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $61.42. 1,907,773 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,063,716. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $61.34 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $59.64. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a fifty-two week low of $50.95 and a fifty-two week high of $63.10. The stock has a market cap of $73.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 21st were issued a dividend of $0.484 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 21st. This represents a $1.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.15%.

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.