Florida Financial Advisors LLC Acquires New Stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

Florida Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm bought 6,108 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $576,000.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Financial Perspectives Inc grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 133,702 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,033,000 after purchasing an additional 9,402 shares in the last quarter. Eagle Strategies LLC raised its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.2% in the fourth quarter. Eagle Strategies LLC now owns 112,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,111,000 after purchasing an additional 7,537 shares in the last quarter. PFG Advisors purchased a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,350,000. HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 784,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,589,000 after purchasing an additional 40,246 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 50.2% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 405,278 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,475,000 after purchasing an additional 135,369 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

VYMI stock opened at $101.31 on Wednesday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a one year low of $79.55 and a one year high of $101.96. The stock has a market cap of $20.15 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $99.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $97.36.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were issued a dividend of $1.2569 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $5.03 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.0%. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71.

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.