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

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,402,799 shares, an increase of 61.5% from the July 30th total of 868,575 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 784,760 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VYMI traded up $0.16 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $105.24. The stock had a trading volume of 252,087 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,167,883. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52 week low of $82.85 and a 52 week high of $106.02. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $102.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $99.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.93 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th were given a $1.2569 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. This represents a $5.03 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Corient Private Wealth LP grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 238.9% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 227,366 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,327,000 after buying an additional 160,283 shares in the last quarter. Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 56.9% in the 2nd quarter. Hyundai Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 6,380 shares of the company’s stock valued at $627,000 after acquiring an additional 2,315 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 331.4% in the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 15,121 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,485,000 after acquiring an additional 11,616 shares during the last quarter. Wedmont Private Capital grew its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.5% in the second quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 138,786 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,958,000 after acquiring an additional 750 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Endeavor Private Wealth Inc. grew its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.6% in the second quarter. Endeavor Private Wealth Inc. now owns 5,690 shares of the company’s stock worth $559,000 after acquiring an additional 590 shares in the last quarter.

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.