Whipplewood Advisors LLC Acquires 33,585 Shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF $VIGI

Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) by 20,110.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 33,752 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 33,585 shares during the period. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF accounts for 1.7% of Whipplewood Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest position. Whipplewood Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $3,042,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 597.2% during the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 502 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 430 shares in the last quarter. Barry Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 19.3% during the second quarter. Barry Investment Advisors LLC now owns 19,690 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,774,000 after purchasing an additional 3,186 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 12.5% during the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 7,108 shares of the company’s stock valued at $641,000 after purchasing an additional 791 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 1.8% during the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 62,916 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,218,000 after purchasing an additional 1,100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Bancorp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 55.4% during the second quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 4,234 shares of the company’s stock valued at $382,000 after purchasing an additional 1,509 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VIGI opened at $90.88 on Friday. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.27 and a fifty-two week high of $91.61. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $89.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.41. The company has a market capitalization of $9.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.41 and a beta of 0.77.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 23rd. Investors of record on Friday, September 19th were given a dividend of $0.3627 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 19th. This represents a $1.45 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%.

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.