Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Reaches New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $105.38 and last traded at $105.27, with a volume of 150237 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $104.19.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 1.0%

The stock has a market cap of $20.94 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The company’s 50 day moving average is $101.46 and its 200-day moving average is $99.05.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a dividend of $1.2569 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $5.03 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.8%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VYMI. Resolute Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.6% during the 2nd quarter. Resolute Advisors LLC now owns 17,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,722,000 after acquiring an additional 1,232 shares in the last quarter. Beacon Financial Advisory LLC raised its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.6% during the second quarter. Beacon Financial Advisory LLC now owns 6,172 shares of the company’s stock valued at $606,000 after buying an additional 274 shares in the last quarter. Investors Research Corp lifted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter. Investors Research Corp now owns 49,931 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,903,000 after buying an additional 3,598 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 59.5% in the 2nd quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 43,385 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,260,000 after acquiring an additional 16,180 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nwam LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.8% during the 2nd quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 23,273 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,285,000 after acquiring an additional 2,449 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Company 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.