Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Shares Sold by Merit Financial Group LLC

Merit Financial Group LLC decreased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMIFree Report) by 43.7% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 5,691 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,409 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $386,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 380,120 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,908,000 after purchasing an additional 19,292 shares during the last quarter. Zhang Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 15.8% during the 3rd quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 39,249 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,882,000 after buying an additional 5,354 shares during the last quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 108,061 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,934,000 after acquiring an additional 894 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.4% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 136,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,988,000 after acquiring an additional 499 shares during the last quarter. Finally, High Net Worth Advisory Group LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 10.5% in the third quarter. High Net Worth Advisory Group LLC now owns 45,116 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,313,000 after acquiring an additional 4,277 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $70.05 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a twelve month low of $64.58 and a twelve month high of $74.28. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $69.15 and its 200-day simple moving average is $70.45.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a $0.9647 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.51%.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

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