Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI Shares Purchased by Raymond James Financial Inc.

Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 4.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 778,108 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 31,881 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. owned 0.64% of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF worth $57,339,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Rockingstone Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.8% during the first quarter. Rockingstone Advisors LLC now owns 18,765 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,383,000 after purchasing an additional 145 shares during the period. Capital Analysts LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 9.5% during the fourth quarter. Capital Analysts LLC now owns 1,675 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,000 after purchasing an additional 146 shares during the period. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.9% during the first quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 5,383 shares of the company’s stock worth $397,000 after purchasing an additional 154 shares during the period. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 10,932 shares of the company’s stock worth $742,000 after purchasing an additional 155 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 20.0% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,062 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,000 after purchasing an additional 177 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:VYMI opened at $84.51 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1-year low of $65.08 and a 1-year high of $84.58. The company’s fifty day moving average is $81.11 and its two-hundred day moving average is $76.80.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 20th were issued a dividend of $1.0762 per share. This represents a $4.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.1%. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 20th.

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.