Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Down 41.4% in August

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 62,100 shares, a decline 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.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of VYMI traded up $0.32 on Thursday, hitting $72.58. 82,822 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 366,980. The firm has a market capitalization 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. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $69.73 and its two-hundred day moving average is $69.04.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 21st were given a $1.009 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 21st. This represents a $4.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.56%. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.62.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. OLD Mission Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 137.8% during the 1st quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 451,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,064,000 after acquiring an additional 261,660 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 15.0% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,805,785 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,750,000 after purchasing an additional 235,522 shares during the period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 47.6% in the 2nd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 485,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,242,000 after purchasing an additional 156,481 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 29.7% during the 1st quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 661,469 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,509,000 after buying an additional 151,351 shares during the period. Finally, Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $9,802,000.

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.