Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Shares Purchased by Commonwealth Equity Services LLC

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 4.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 354,847 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 14,610 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC owned 0.31% of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF worth $24,087,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VYMI. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 13.9% during the third quarter. Meeder Advisory Services Inc. now owns 135,503 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,949,000 after purchasing an additional 16,511 shares in the last quarter. BIP Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the third quarter valued at about $220,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.3% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 267,309 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,626,000 after purchasing an additional 18,135 shares in the last quarter. Investors Research Corp raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 46.8% in the third quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 15,689 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,152,000 after acquiring an additional 5,004 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. raised its position 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 in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 1.7 %

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $74.94 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $71.14 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $71.02. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52 week low of $65.43 and a 52 week high of $75.03. The stock has a market cap of $8.57 billion, a PE ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared 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 boost 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 5.15%.

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.