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 15th, there was short interest totalling 62,100 shares, a drop of 41.4% from the July 31st total of 106,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 339,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYMI. Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 223,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,894,000 after purchasing an additional 6,023 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 73.6% during the 4th quarter. Cary Street Partners Asset Management LLC now owns 18,772 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,248,000 after acquiring an additional 7,958 shares during the last quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 64.3% during the 4th quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 20,336 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,352,000 after acquiring an additional 7,957 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors L.P. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 16.5% during the 4th quarter. Natixis Advisors L.P. now owns 37,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,499,000 after acquiring an additional 5,318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, M&T Bank Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 5,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $365,000 after acquiring an additional 327 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VYMI opened at $72.54 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.67 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $69.02. The firm has a market cap of $7.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $59.20 and a 1 year high of $72.61.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 21st were paid a dividend of $1.009 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. This represents a $4.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.56%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 21st.

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.