Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Up 197.7% in August

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 301,944 shares, an increase of 197.7% from the July 30th total of 101,437 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 271,999 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.1 days.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

Shares of VIGI stock traded down $0.23 on Friday, hitting $98.39. The stock had a trading volume of 105,276 shares, compared to its average volume of 366,846. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $96.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $93.68. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1 year low of $85.23 and a 1 year high of $99.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.70.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a dividend of $0.5337 per share. This represents a $2.13 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 199.9% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 38,621 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,481,000 after purchasing an additional 25,742 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 20,535.5% during the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 19,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,729,000 after buying an additional 19,098 shares during the last quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 16.2% during the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 8,942 shares of the company’s stock worth $806,000 after buying an additional 1,247 shares during the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 566.3% during the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 54,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,929,000 after acquiring an additional 46,488 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $202,000.

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.