LPL Financial LLC Increases Stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF $VXUS

LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 10.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,448,156 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 424,875 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $335,569,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VXUS. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 211.0% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 109,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,435,000 after acquiring an additional 74,085 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 65,245 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,845,000 after acquiring an additional 2,142 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 87.8% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 24,860 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,544,000 after buying an additional 11,622 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7.7% in the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,351,000 after buying an additional 2,441 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $247,000.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VXUS opened at $83.74 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $82.69 and its 200-day moving average price is $79.66. The company has a market cap of $145.20 billion, a PE ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $66.25 and a 52-week high of $87.06.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Cuts Dividend

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

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF 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.