PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Raises Holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIGI

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) by 284.6% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 24,397 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 18,053 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $2,231,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. acquired a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $27,000. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the third quarter worth about $34,000. MCF Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF in the third quarter worth about $36,000. ORG Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 36.3% in the fourth quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Archer Investment Corp lifted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 65.1% in the third quarter. Archer Investment Corp now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,000 after acquiring an additional 228 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ VIGI opened at $93.75 on Thursday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $91.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $91.84. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 52-week low of $85.23 and a 52-week high of $96.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.93 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.71.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

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

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Company 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.