Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Reaches New 52-Week High – What’s Next?

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $75.03 and last traded at $75.20, with a volume of 1791 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $74.94.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.6 %

The stock has a market capitalization of $8.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.81. The company’s 50-day moving average is $71.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $71.02.

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 given a $0.9647 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This is an increase 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 5.12%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 13.9% in the 3rd quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 135,503 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,949,000 after purchasing an additional 16,511 shares in the last quarter. BIP Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $220,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.3% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 267,309 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,626,000 after acquiring an additional 18,135 shares in the last quarter. Investors Research Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 46.8% in the third quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 15,689 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,152,000 after acquiring an additional 5,004 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.4% in 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 in the last quarter.

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.