LPL Financial LLC Grows Position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 11.6% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 2,227,661 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 231,082 shares during the quarter. LPL Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $200,490,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Wealth Management Associates Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Management Associates Inc. now owns 3,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $320,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. Meridian Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Meridian Financial Advisors LLC now owns 9,746 shares of the company’s stock valued at $877,000 after purchasing an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 8.7% during the third quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 1,468 shares of the company’s stock valued at $124,000 after purchasing an additional 118 shares in the last quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 17,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,456,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Camden National Bank lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.1% during the fourth quarter. Camden National Bank now owns 10,816 shares of the company’s stock valued at $973,000 after purchasing an additional 122 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ VYMI opened at $98.73 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $18.87 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The business’s fifty day moving average is $98.46 and its 200 day moving average is $95.03. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.46 and a fifty-two week high of $101.71.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.