Short Interest in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Grows By 61.5%

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a significant growth in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,402,799 shares, a growth of 61.5% from the July 30th total of 868,575 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 784,760 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.8 days.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VYMI opened at $105.21 on Wednesday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $82.85 and a fifty-two week high of $106.02. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $102.30 and a two-hundred day moving average of $99.47. The company has a market capitalization of $20.93 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Triumph Capital Management bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Versant Capital Management Inc bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $36,000. AG Campbell Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter worth $39,000. Finally, WealthShield Partners LLC bought a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter worth $45,000.

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.