Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Sees Strong Trading Volume

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw strong trading volume on Tuesday . 320,652 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 13% from the previous session’s volume of 370,682 shares.The stock last traded at $68.54 and had previously closed at $68.75.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

The company’s 50 day moving average price is $69.59 and its 200-day moving average price is $67.71. The stock has a market cap of $7.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 21st were given a dividend of $1.009 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 21st. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. This represents a $4.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.92%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of VYMI. International Assets Investment Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 6,549.0% during the fourth quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 316,559 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,048,000 after buying an additional 311,798 shares during the period. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 78.4% during the fourth quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 684,662 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,523,000 after buying an additional 300,867 shares during the period. Arlington Trust Co LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 603.5% during the fourth quarter. Arlington Trust Co LLC now owns 330,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,983,000 after buying an additional 283,621 shares during the period. OLD Mission Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 137.8% during the first quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 451,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,064,000 after buying an additional 261,660 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 19.8% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,103,507 shares of the company’s stock worth $68,330,000 after buying an additional 182,300 shares during the period.

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.