Principal Securities Inc. Boosts Stock Position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS)

Principal Securities Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:VXUS) by 15.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 14,318 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,870 shares during the quarter. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF were worth $844,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 7,870.3% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,100,294 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,840,000 after purchasing an additional 1,086,489 shares in the last quarter. Tenon Financial LLC boosted its holdings 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 during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings 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 during the period. Choreo LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 9.2% during the 4th quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 7,025 shares of the company’s stock valued at $414,000 after acquiring an additional 593 shares during the period. Finally, DAVENPORT & Co LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 21.7% during the 4th quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 20,102 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,185,000 after acquiring an additional 3,581 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of VXUS stock opened at $63.24 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $80.53 billion, a PE ratio of 12.88 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has a 1-year low of $56.91 and a 1-year high of $65.52. The business has a 50-day moving average of $60.43 and a 200 day moving average of $61.67.

Vanguard Total International Stock ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a $1.0049 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $4.02 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.36%. This is a boost from Vanguard Total International Stock ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.27.

About Vanguard Total International Stock ETF

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.