Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Short Interest Down 42.0% in January

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 411,200 shares, a decline of 42.0% from the January 15th total of 708,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 326,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 7.5% during the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,531,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $653,990,000 after buying an additional 1,159,566 shares in the last quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 3,415.4% in the fourth quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 626,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,777,000 after acquiring an additional 608,491 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4,783.4% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 149,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,035,000 after acquiring an additional 146,897 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $4,118,000. Finally, Nwam LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF in the third quarter worth about $3,427,000.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Stock Down 0.3 %

Shares of VNQI stock traded down $0.11 during trading on Friday, reaching $40.77. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 220,924 shares, compared to its average volume of 312,814. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $40.12 and a 200-day moving average price of $42.74. The company has a market cap of $3.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.07 and a beta of 0.76. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a one year low of $38.01 and a one year high of $47.63.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared an annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $2.0404 per share. This represents a yield of 5.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

About Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

The Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (VNQI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Global x United States Property index, a market-cap-weighted index of non-US real estate investment trusts. VNQI was launched on Nov 1, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.