Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Shares Purchased by Roble Belko & Company Inc

Roble Belko & Company Inc boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 3.7% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 320,292 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 11,491 shares during the period. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF accounts for 3.5% of Roble Belko & Company Inc’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Roble Belko & Company Inc’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $21,741,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Eastern Bank purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Blue Trust Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $44,000. Kimelman & Baird LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $48,000. Hara Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $73,000. Finally, LGT Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 156.9% in the 3rd quarter. LGT Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,151 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,000 after purchasing an additional 703 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of VYMI stock opened at $68.32 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $7.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $69.31 and a 200 day moving average price of $70.47. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12 month low of $64.09 and a 12 month high of $74.28.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF 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.