Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 28.5% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 299,291 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 66,431 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $28,205,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VYMI. Strive Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Game Plan Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $32,000. AG Campbell Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $39,000. Finally, Asset Dedication LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 46.1% in the fourth quarter. Asset Dedication LLC now owns 466 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 147 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $98.24 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.78 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $99.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of $96.21. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12 month low of $79.55 and a 12 month high of $101.96.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a $1.2569 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $5.03 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.1%. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71.

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.