Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Up 122.7% in May

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 621,306 shares, an increase of 122.7% from the April 30th total of 279,019 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 948,275 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cresset Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 108.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 19,139 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,621,000 after purchasing an additional 9,968 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advantage Inc. raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Capital Advantage Inc. now owns 410,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,900,000 after buying an additional 15,777 shares during the last quarter. Eagle Strategies LLC raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.2% in the 4th quarter. Eagle Strategies LLC now owns 112,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,111,000 after buying an additional 7,537 shares during the last quarter. Mission Hills Financial Advisory LLC raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 14.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mission Hills Financial Advisory LLC now owns 49,980 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,232,000 after buying an additional 6,224 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Winebrenner Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $775,000.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:VYMI opened at $100.02 on Friday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.46 and a fifty-two week high of $101.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $19.12 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $97.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $94.38.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.