Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 485,099 shares, a growth of 63.6% from the August 31st total of 296,474 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 224,572 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.2 days.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VIGI traded down $0.12 on Wednesday, hitting $94.68. 100,608 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 354,510. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a 1-year low of $85.23 and a 1-year high of $99.99. The company has a market capitalization of $8.85 billion, a PE ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.70. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $97.52 and its 200 day moving average is $94.12.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VIGI. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 2.9% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 826,631 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,191,000 after buying an additional 23,538 shares in the last quarter. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 36,416 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,401,000 after acquiring an additional 278 shares in the last quarter. MCF Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 0.3% in the second quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 55,829 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,213,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 57.1% in the second quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 58,682 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,480,000 after acquiring an additional 21,336 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc boosted its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 10.2% in the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 3,710 shares of the company’s stock valued at $346,000 after acquiring an additional 342 shares in the last quarter.

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.