Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund (NASDAQ:VIGI – Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 571,400 shares, a drop of 39.3% from the March 31st total of 941,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 284,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of VIGI. CoreFirst Bank & Trust purchased a new position in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund in the third quarter valued at $31,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund during the 3rd quarter worth about $38,000. FinTrust Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund during the 3rd quarter worth about $42,000. Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund during the 4th quarter worth about $44,000. Finally, Retirement Group LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund by 104.5% during the 4th quarter. Retirement Group LLC now owns 687 shares of the company's stock worth $48,000 after buying an additional 351 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund Trading Down 0.0 %

NASDAQ:VIGI opened at $76.01 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $4.80 billion, a PE ratio of 18.30 and a beta of 0.77. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $72.90 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.91. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund has a 12-month low of $59.94 and a 12-month high of $76.29.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 21st were issued a $0.319 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 20th. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.68%.

About Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation Index Fund

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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.

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