Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Reaches New 1-Year High – Here’s What Happened

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $102.29 and last traded at $102.19, with a volume of 84946 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $101.31.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Up 0.9%

The firm has a market capitalization of $20.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The business’s fifty day moving average is $99.62 and its 200 day moving average is $97.36.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were issued a dividend of $1.2569 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $5.03 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.9%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Align Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $102,920,000. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 175.0% during the 4th quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,100,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,000,000 after acquiring an additional 700,000 shares in the last quarter. Hamilton Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 201.9% during the 1st quarter. Hamilton Wealth LLC now owns 966,063 shares of the company’s stock worth $91,042,000 after acquiring an additional 646,107 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 10.7% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 6,173,258 shares of the company’s stock worth $581,768,000 after acquiring an additional 596,348 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 22.6% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,277,509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,451,000 after purchasing an additional 420,173 shares during the last quarter.

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.