Private Trust Co. NA Grows Position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

Private Trust Co. NA grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 46.2% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 17,889 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 5,650 shares during the quarter. Private Trust Co. NA’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $1,610,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 21.6% during the fourth quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 3,915 shares of the company’s stock valued at $352,000 after purchasing an additional 696 shares during the period. LS Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. LS Investment Advisors LLC now owns 396,610 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,695,000 after acquiring an additional 17,262 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Harbor Asset Planning Inc. now owns 12,895 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,161,000 after acquiring an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.6% during the fourth quarter. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. now owns 31,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,823,000 after acquiring an additional 1,382 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 41,155 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,704,000 after acquiring an additional 2,069 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $100.05 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $19.12 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.62. The business has a 50 day moving average of $96.81 and a 200 day moving average of $91.58. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52 week low of $72.32 and a 52 week high of $101.71.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced 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 dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 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.