Paragon Financial Partners Inc. Acquires 161 Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Paragon Financial Partners Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 2.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,160 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 161 shares during the period. Paragon Financial Partners Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $418,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 34,002.9% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,744,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,071,000 after purchasing an additional 1,739,250 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 48.4% during the third quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,191,046 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,447,000 after acquiring an additional 388,388 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7,680.0% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 370,404 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,195,000 after acquiring an additional 365,643 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 59.9% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 471,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,624,000 after acquiring an additional 176,592 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $10,461,000.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $69.16 on Thursday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a twelve month low of $64.58 and a twelve month high of $74.28. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $69.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $70.46. The firm has a market cap of $7.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.58%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70.

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.