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

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

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VXUS traded up $0.24 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $86.23. The company had a trading volume of 3,448,770 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,480,354. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a twelve month low of $66.25 and a twelve month high of $86.56. The stock has a market cap of $149.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $81.42 and its 200-day simple moving average is $79.14.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Cuts Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $29,000. Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,000. Torren Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $30,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $31,000. Finally, Triumph Capital Management boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 47.7% during the 4th quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 424 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 137 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.