Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Short Interest Up 42.5% in February

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 586,000 shares, a growth of 42.5% from the January 31st total of 411,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 326,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.8 days.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Trading Up 0.6 %

VNQI stock traded up $0.26 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $40.83. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 98,881 shares, compared to its average volume of 287,745. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a 12 month low of $38.01 and a 12 month high of $47.63. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $39.94 and its 200-day moving average is $42.61. The company has a market cap of $3.10 billion, a PE ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.76.

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

The firm also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a $2.0404 dividend. This represents a yield of 5.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th.

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

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VNQI. Empower Advisory Group LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,531,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $653,990,000 after purchasing an additional 1,159,566 shares during the period. Life Planning Partners Inc grew its holdings in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 3,415.4% during 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 period. Forefront Analytics LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 275.4% during the fourth quarter. Forefront Analytics LLC now owns 198,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,861,000 after acquiring an additional 145,780 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $4,118,000. Finally, Nwam LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF in the third quarter valued at about $3,427,000.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Company Profile

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.