Founders Financial Alliance LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI)

Founders Financial Alliance LLC grew its stake in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (NASDAQ:VIGI) by 56.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 1,978 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 717 shares during the period. Founders Financial Alliance LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF were worth $157,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VIGI. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc grew its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 27.3% during the 3rd quarter. Glass Jacobson Investment Advisors llc now owns 4,045 shares of the company’s stock worth $289,000 after acquiring an additional 867 shares in the last quarter. Moseley Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 9.2% during the 4th quarter. Moseley Investment Management Inc. now owns 18,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,505,000 after acquiring an additional 1,595 shares in the last quarter. Paladin Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. Paladin Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $240,000 after acquiring an additional 178 shares in the last quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 93,952 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,454,000 after buying an additional 6,632 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF by 5.5% in the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 422,168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,495,000 after buying an additional 21,851 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF stock traded up $0.44 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $81.09. The company had a trading volume of 224,678 shares, compared to its average volume of 300,234. The company’s 50-day moving average is $80.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $78.87. Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF has a twelve month low of $68.45 and a twelve month high of $82.95. The company has a market cap of $6.55 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.53 and a beta of 0.77.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 18th were issued a $0.434 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 15th. This represents a $1.74 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.14%.

Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard International Dividend Appreciation ETF (VIGI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Global Ex-U.S. Dividend Growers index, a market-cap-weighted index of developed and emerging market firms (ex-US) that have increased their annual dividends for seven consecutive years. VIGI was launched on Feb 25, 2016 and is managed by Vanguard.