Short Interest in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Decreases By 86.4%

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,143,013 shares, a decrease of 86.4% from the April 30th total of 8,406,147 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 6,516,167 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:VXUS traded up $0.07 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $86.06. 5,326,990 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,499,703. The stock has a market capitalization of $149.22 billion, a PE ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. The business’s 50 day moving average is $81.59 and its two-hundred day moving average is $79.19. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $66.25 and a one year high of $86.56.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a $0.0795 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $0.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VXUS. Narodna banka Slovenska purchased a new position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the first quarter worth about $1,112,818,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,202,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,020,484,000 after buying an additional 6,264,606 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,516.6% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 6,042,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,865,000 after purchasing an additional 5,963,412 shares during the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 5,133.0% during the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 5,152,926 shares of the company’s stock valued at $388,737,000 after purchasing an additional 5,054,456 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,244,358,000 after purchasing an additional 4,651,939 shares during the last quarter.

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.