Short Interest in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) Increases By 79.2%

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) saw a large increase in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 11,740,000 shares, an increase of 79.2% from the February 28th total of 6,550,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,314,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.7 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 8.2% in the 3rd quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,132 shares of the company’s stock worth $332,000 after purchasing an additional 391 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 42.9% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 25,960 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,681,000 after buying an additional 7,797 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 275.6% in the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 271,523 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,671,000 after buying an additional 199,240 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 36.8% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 338,687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,927,000 after buying an additional 91,134 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Freedom Investment Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 4.7% during the third quarter. Freedom Investment Management Inc. now owns 9,637 shares of the company’s stock valued at $624,000 after acquiring an additional 432 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VXUS opened at $62.51 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $79.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.31 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a one year low of $56.91 and a one year high of $65.52. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $62.37 and its 200 day simple moving average is $61.95.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 25th. Investors of record on Friday, March 21st were paid a $0.1909 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 21st.

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.