Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Down 22.9% in August

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 47,900 shares, a decline of 22.9% from the August 15th total of 62,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 371,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYMI. GLOBALT Investments LLC GA purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $431,000. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,291 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,000 after purchasing an additional 280 shares during the last quarter. Proathlete Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $715,000. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Dai ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd now owns 69,704 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,635,000 after buying an additional 3,448 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 3Chopt Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $222,000.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ VYMI opened at $72.45 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.91 billion, a PE ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a one year low of $59.20 and a one year high of $72.66. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $70.43 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $69.54.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (VYMI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of developed and emerging market firms (ex-US) that are expected to pay above average dividends over the next 12 months. VYMI was launched on Feb 25, 2016 and is managed by Vanguard.