Blue Trust Inc. Grows Position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

Blue Trust Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 52.5% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 12,916 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,447 shares during the period. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $836,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VXUS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 836,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,152,000 after acquiring an additional 33,604 shares during the period. Ritholtz Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 159.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 14,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $906,000 after purchasing an additional 8,595 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 10.3% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 121,821 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,887,000 after purchasing an additional 11,393 shares in the last quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Red Door Wealth Management LLC now owns 15,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $913,000 after buying an additional 1,014 shares during the period. Finally, Zhang Financial LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7.6% during the third quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 1,180,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,403,000 after buying an additional 83,809 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Trading Up 0.0 %

Shares of VXUS stock opened at $60.80 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $77.42 billion, a PE ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $60.32 and its 200-day simple moving average is $61.59. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 52 week low of $56.48 and a 52 week high of $65.52.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a dividend of $1.0049 per share. This represents a $4.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.61%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27.

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.