Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Down 96.7% in March

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 22,499 shares, a decrease of 96.7% from the February 26th total of 682,156 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,994,186 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 1.5%

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $93.45 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $96.29 and its 200-day moving average price is $90.26. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12-month low of $65.08 and a 12-month high of $101.71. The company has a market cap of $15.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.69.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.708 per share. This represents a $2.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of VYMI. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. grew its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 8.7% in the third quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. now owns 80,464 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,814,000 after acquiring an additional 6,462 shares in the last quarter. Clarity Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 23.8% during the third quarter. Clarity Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 127,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,818,000 after purchasing an additional 24,564 shares in the last quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 9.4% during the third quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 137,576 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,650,000 after purchasing an additional 11,866 shares in the last quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 108.7% during the third quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 19,139 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,621,000 after purchasing an additional 9,968 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bay Colony Advisory Group Inc d b a Bay Colony Advisors bought a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the third quarter worth about $708,000.

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.