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

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 4,063 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $270,000.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 4,381,182 shares of the company’s stock valued at $271,151,000 after buying an additional 95,433 shares during the period. Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,328,717 shares of the company’s stock valued at $154,836,000 after acquiring an additional 120,629 shares during the last quarter. MCIA Inc raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.8% in the 4th quarter. MCIA Inc now owns 1,179,448 shares of the company’s stock valued at $78,587,000 after acquiring an additional 43,479 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 19.8% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,103,507 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,330,000 after acquiring an additional 182,300 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 10.6% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,062,827 shares of the company’s stock worth $65,778,000 after purchasing an additional 101,945 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $70.23 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $68.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $65.88. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $59.20 and a fifty-two week high of $70.23. The company has a market capitalization of $7.53 billion, a PE ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 18th were paid a $0.616 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 15th. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.51%.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF 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.