Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Short Interest Down 66.6% in March

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 202,600 shares, a decrease of 66.6% from the February 28th total of 606,900 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 299,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Trust Co. of Vermont purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $25,000. Compass Planning Associates Inc acquired a new position in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Lowe Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. Optimum Investment Advisors increased its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 5,936.8% during the fourth quarter. Optimum Investment Advisors now owns 1,147 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,000 after acquiring an additional 1,128 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ridgewood Investments LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 52.3% during the fourth quarter. Ridgewood Investments LLC now owns 2,162 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,000 after acquiring an additional 742 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF stock opened at $40.92 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $40.43 and a 200 day moving average price of $42.21. Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF has a 52 week low of $38.01 and a 52 week high of $47.63. The stock has a market cap of $3.11 billion, a PE ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.76.

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.