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 drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 563,361 shares, a drop of 59.8% from the August 15th total of 1,402,799 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 791,946 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.5% during the second quarter. Cherry Tree Wealth Management LLC now owns 92,795 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,112,000 after purchasing an additional 4,856 shares in the last quarter. Capital Analysts LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 20.4% in the second quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 7,063 shares of the company’s stock worth $694,000 after buying an additional 1,199 shares during the last quarter. Capital Advantage Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Capital Advantage Inc. now owns 415,485 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,801,000 after purchasing an additional 1,320 shares during the last quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.9% during the 2nd quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 7,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $772,000 after buying an additional 577 shares during the period. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 8.3% in the second quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 39,481 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,877,000 after purchasing an additional 3,013 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ VYMI traded down $0.60 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $104.73. 677,052 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,150,137. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52-week low of $82.85 and a 52-week high of $107.29. The company has a market capitalization of $21.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $103.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $99.86.

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.