HighTower Advisors LLC Acquires 104,188 Shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 6.5% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,703,472 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 104,188 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $100,386,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,870.3% during the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,100,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,840,000 after acquiring an additional 1,086,489 shares in the last quarter. Macroview Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 14.8% during the 4th quarter. Macroview Investment Management LLC now owns 12,844 shares of the company’s stock valued at $757,000 after acquiring an additional 1,653 shares in the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 15.0% during the 4th quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 14,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $844,000 after acquiring an additional 1,870 shares in the last quarter. Tenon Financial LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Tenon Financial LLC now owns 280,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,510,000 after acquiring an additional 6,610 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 4.2% during the 3rd 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 in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF stock opened at $62.81 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $61.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $61.86. The stock has a market cap of $79.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a fifty-two week low of $56.91 and a fifty-two week high of $65.52.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a $1.0049 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27. This represents a $4.02 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 6.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Profile

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.