Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE:IHD) Short Interest Down 81.0% in July

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE:IHD) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,130 shares, a drop of 81.0% from the June 30th total of 32,322 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 68,078 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund by 17.6% in the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 12,147 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $76,000 after buying an additional 1,818 shares during the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its holdings in Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 155,597 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $976,000 after buying an additional 4,499 shares during the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust bought a new stake in Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund during the fourth quarter worth $38,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund by 3.3% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 205,196 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $1,219,000 after acquiring an additional 6,513 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC acquired a new stake in Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund in the third quarter valued at $54,000.

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE IHD opened at $7.31 on Friday. Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund has a fifty-two week low of $5.75 and a fifty-two week high of $8.14. The business has a 50-day moving average of $7.57 and a 200-day moving average of $7.12.

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd will be paid a $0.055 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 9.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 3rd.

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund Company Profile

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE: IHD) is a closed-end investment company that seeks to provide high current income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies domiciled or with significant business activities in emerging market countries. The fund emphasizes dividend-paying stocks across a range of industries, including financials, consumer staples, industrials and energy, with the goal of generating above-average yield relative to broader emerging market equity indices.

Launched in the mid-2000s under the ING Investment Management brand, the fund became part of Voya Investment Management’s portfolio offerings following Voya Financial’s acquisition of ING’s U.S.