Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. Acquires 8,761 Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 13.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 73,095 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,761 shares during the period. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. owned about 0.06% of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF worth $4,962,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VYMI. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $52,000. Kentucky Trust Co bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $54,000. Finally, BankPlus Trust Department purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter worth $71,000.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VYMI stock opened at $74.46 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $70.26 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.91. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.52 billion, a PE ratio of 11.91 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52-week low of $65.43 and a 52-week high of $75.80.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.18%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70.

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.