Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Purchases New Shares in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIGI

Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd. purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 90,180 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,480,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VIGI. EP Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 21.1% in the fourth quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,757,454 shares of the company’s stock valued at $300,559,000 after buying an additional 655,933 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 29.0% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,876,071 shares of the company’s stock worth $155,601,000 after purchasing an additional 422,071 shares during the period. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $7,503,000. Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $7,070,000. Finally, Silver Lake Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the first quarter worth about $6,900,000.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of VIGI stock opened at $89.57 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $88.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $86.19. The firm has a market cap of $8.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.77. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 12 month low of $74.27 and a 12 month high of $91.19.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Friday, June 20th were given a $0.5418 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 20th. This is a positive change from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. This represents a $2.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.4%.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Profile

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.