Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Trims Holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIGI

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) by 84.1% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 96,671 shares of the company’s stock after selling 510,023 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $8,841,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. ORG Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 36.3% during the 4th quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after acquiring an additional 107 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.0% during the 4th quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,414 shares of the company’s stock worth $221,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares during the period. TBH Global Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. TBH Global Asset Management LLC now owns 17,621 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,611,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares during the period. Shore Point Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Shore Point Advisors LLC now owns 22,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,013,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the period. Finally, Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 9,751 shares of the company’s stock worth $873,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares during the period.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

Shares of VIGI stock opened at $93.95 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $8.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.71. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1-year low of $85.23 and a 1-year high of $96.60. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $90.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $91.70.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a $0.5646 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 20th. This is a positive change from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.53. This represents a $2.26 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.4%.

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.