Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 375,500 shares, a growth of 31.4% from the December 31st total of 285,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 347,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. AMI Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.9% during the third quarter. AMI Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,921 shares of the company’s stock worth $361,000 after buying an additional 138 shares in the last quarter. MN Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. MN Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 14,334 shares of the company’s stock valued at $973,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Paragon Financial Partners Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Paragon Financial Partners Inc. now owns 6,160 shares of the company’s stock worth $418,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 51,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,475,000 after buying an additional 164 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 14,612 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,073,000 after acquiring an additional 169 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VYMI opened at $70.97 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $8.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a twelve month low of $64.58 and a twelve month high of $74.28. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $69.15 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $70.45.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a $0.9647 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.44%.

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.