Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 4,110,985 shares, an increase of 259.7% from the May 14th total of 1,143,013 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 6,073,973 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VXUS traded up $2.10 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $84.69. 3,870,152 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 8,295,486. The company has a market cap of $146.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $66.25 and a one year high of $87.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $83.04 and a 200 day moving average of $79.81.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Cuts Dividend

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VXUS. Narodna banka Slovenska bought a new position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF in the first quarter valued at about $1,112,818,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 31.4% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 26,202,620 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,020,484,000 after acquiring an additional 6,264,606 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,516.6% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 6,042,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $455,865,000 after acquiring an additional 5,963,412 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 5,133.0% in the fourth quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 5,152,926 shares of the company’s stock valued at $388,737,000 after acquiring an additional 5,054,456 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,244,358,000 after acquiring an additional 4,651,939 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Company 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.