Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Share Price Crosses Above 200 Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) crossed above its 200-day moving average during trading on Wednesday. The stock has a 200-day moving average of $83.44 and traded as high as $84.03. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF shares last traded at $83.88, with a volume of 4,806,148 shares trading hands.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

The company has a market capitalization of $155.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.79. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $84.99 and its 200-day moving average is $83.47.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 22nd. Investors of record on Friday, September 18th were given a dividend of $0.1562 per share. This is a drop from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.3861. This represents a $0.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 18th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VXUS. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% during the 1st 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. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. now owns 18,795,800 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,607,323,000 after buying an additional 750,600 shares in the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.7% in the second quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,363,846 shares of the company’s stock valued at $707,520,000 after buying an additional 300,748 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 2.1% in the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 5,387,523 shares of the company’s stock valued at $457,724,000 after buying an additional 109,280 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 12.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 4,686,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $361,342,000 after buying an additional 508,924 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.