Private Advisor Group LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF $VXUS

Private Advisor Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 18.7% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 834,375 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 131,247 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $64,339,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VXUS. Narodna banka Slovenska purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF during the first quarter valued at $1,112,818,000. Valpey Financial Services LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,516.6% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 6,042,749 shares of the company’s stock worth $455,865,000 after buying an additional 5,963,412 shares in the last quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 5,133.0% in the 4th quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 5,152,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $388,737,000 after buying an additional 5,054,456 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 39.3% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,494,667 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,244,358,000 after buying an additional 4,651,939 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 87,491,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,600,343,000 after purchasing an additional 3,056,564 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of VXUS opened at $84.84 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $151.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.99 and a beta of 0.76. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 12-month low of $67.85 and a 12-month high of $88.62. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $84.65 and a 200-day moving average price of $81.02.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a $0.3861 dividend. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.8%. This is an increase from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th.

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.