Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Sees Large Decrease in Short Interest

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) was the target of a large decline in short interest in the month of 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 trading volume of 326,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 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 VNQI. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 16,531,590 shares of the company’s stock worth $653,990,000 after acquiring an additional 1,159,566 shares in the last quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Ballentine Partners LLC now owns 1,310,823 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,856,000 after acquiring an additional 54,463 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 6.6% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 667,368 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,401,000 after purchasing an additional 41,137 shares in the last quarter. Lincoln National Corp grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 9.8% during the fourth quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 660,945 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,147,000 after buying an additional 59,192 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Life Planning Partners Inc raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 3,415.4% during the 4th 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.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VNQI opened at $40.88 on Friday. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a one year low of $38.01 and a one year high of $47.63. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.07 and a beta of 0.76. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $40.21 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $42.77.

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. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $2.0404 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a dividend yield of 5.2%.

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.