Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 646,321 shares, a growth of 1,289.7% from the March 31st total of 46,507 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 1,071,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VYMI traded up $0.33 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $97.89. 887,797 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,485,947. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.72 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $91.95. The company has a market cap of $18.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.62. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52 week low of $74.65 and a 52 week high of $101.71.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th were given a $0.708 dividend. This represents a $2.83 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 20th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of VYMI. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,616,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $505,505,000 after purchasing an additional 165,264 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.9% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,069,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $429,254,000 after purchasing an additional 537,112 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,563,633 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,727,000 after purchasing an additional 119,392 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.6% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,227,661 shares of the company’s stock worth $200,490,000 after purchasing an additional 231,082 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 2,192,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $197,284,000 after purchasing an additional 119,705 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Company Profile

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.