Royal Bank of Canada Boosts Stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 19.0% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,839,912 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 293,768 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada owned approximately 0.96% of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF worth $173,393,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VYMI. Align Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $102,920,000. Jane Street Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 175.0% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,100,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,000,000 after buying an additional 700,000 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 14.5% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,532,014 shares of the company’s stock worth $363,060,000 after buying an additional 574,038 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 22.6% during the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,277,509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,451,000 after acquiring an additional 420,173 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 42.4% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,376,242 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,862,000 after acquiring an additional 409,904 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VYMI opened at $101.97 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $20.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $99.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $97.82. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1-year low of $79.55 and a 1-year high of $103.10.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a $1.2569 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. This represents a $5.03 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.9%.

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.