Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Grows Stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 139.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 12,870 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,501 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $874,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 380,120 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,908,000 after acquiring an additional 19,292 shares during the last quarter. Zhang Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 15.8% during the third quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 39,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,882,000 after acquiring an additional 5,354 shares during the last quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 108,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,934,000 after acquiring an additional 894 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.4% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 136,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,988,000 after acquiring an additional 499 shares during the last quarter. Finally, High Net Worth Advisory Group LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 10.5% during the third quarter. High Net Worth Advisory Group LLC now owns 45,116 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,313,000 after acquiring an additional 4,277 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $70.17 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $8.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $64.58 and a fifty-two week high of $74.28. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $69.15 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.45.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a $0.9647 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.50%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

About Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

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.