Global Retirement Partners LLC Buys 24,892 Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

Global Retirement Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 138.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 42,815 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 24,892 shares during the period. Global Retirement Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $3,853,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Wealth Management Associates Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Management Associates Inc. now owns 3,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $320,000 after buying an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Meridian Financial Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Meridian Financial Advisors LLC now owns 9,746 shares of the company’s stock valued at $877,000 after buying an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,468 shares of the company’s stock valued at $124,000 after acquiring an additional 118 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 17,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,456,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the period. Finally, Zhang Financial LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 50,068 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,240,000 after acquiring an additional 126 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

Shares of VYMI stock opened at $99.76 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.89 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $93.86. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $77.46 and a 1 year high of $101.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.708 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $2.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%.

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.