Short Interest in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Drops By 73.9%

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 6,550,000 shares, a drop of 73.9% from the February 13th total of 25,090,000 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,084,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of VXUS opened at $63.54 on Friday. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $56.91 and a one year high of $65.52. The company has a 50-day moving average of $61.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $61.87. The stock has a market cap of $83.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.31 and a beta of 0.86.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $1.0049 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $4.02 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 6.33%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Golden State Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $31,000. Hilltop National Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 78.2% during the fourth quarter. Hilltop National Bank now owns 677 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after purchasing an additional 297 shares during the period. Private Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $41,000. Finally, Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 52.3% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 696 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after purchasing an additional 239 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

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.