Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Sees Large Decline in Short Interest

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 682,156 shares, a drop of 57.8% from the February 12th total of 1,618,117 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,380,280 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are sold short. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 1,380,280 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VYMI opened at $93.90 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $15.56 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.69. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $65.08 and a fifty-two week high of $101.71. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $95.96 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $89.64.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $237,000. Bank of Montreal Can grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 57.2% in the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 80,587 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,456,000 after acquiring an additional 29,335 shares during the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the second quarter worth $54,000. Savant Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 27.4% during the second quarter. Savant Capital LLC now owns 3,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $315,000 after acquiring an additional 844 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AE Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 6.9% in the 2nd quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,352 shares of the company’s stock worth $429,000 after purchasing an additional 346 shares during the last quarter.

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.