MCF Advisors LLC Grows Stock Position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

MCF Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 3,684.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 7,494 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,296 shares during the quarter. MCF Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $675,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of VYMI. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake 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 purchasing an additional 574,038 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 22.6% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,277,509 shares of the company’s stock worth $182,451,000 after purchasing an additional 420,173 shares during the last quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 169,385.9% during the third quarter. NorthRock Partners LLC now owns 276,262 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,394,000 after purchasing an additional 276,099 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 20.4% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,629,960 shares of the company’s stock worth $130,575,000 after purchasing an additional 275,875 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 629.3% during the third quarter. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. now owns 164,771 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,953,000 after purchasing an additional 142,177 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $98.05 on Friday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12 month low of $77.46 and a 12 month high of $101.71. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $98.18 and a 200-day simple moving average of $94.79. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.74 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.708 per share. This represents a $2.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF 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.