Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 366,100 shares, a drop of 55.1% from the January 15th total of 816,200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 435,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $71.70 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $8.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $64.58 and a 1 year high of $74.28. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $69.26 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $70.48.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a $0.9647 dividend. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.38%. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of VYMI. Creative Planning increased its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 674,561 shares of the company’s stock worth $49,526,000 after purchasing an additional 14,550 shares in the last quarter. OmniStar Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 52.0% in the third quarter. OmniStar Financial Group Inc. now owns 8,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $591,000 after acquiring an additional 2,745 shares in the last quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,513,878 shares of the company’s stock valued at $184,569,000 after acquiring an additional 60,870 shares in the last quarter. Precedent Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 33.1% in the 3rd quarter. Precedent Wealth Partners LLC now owns 37,395 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,746,000 after purchasing an additional 9,292 shares during the period. Finally, Blue Trust Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $44,000.

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.