Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 907,500 shares, an increase of 147.9% from the January 31st total of 366,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 447,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ VYMI opened at $72.37 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $69.92 and a 200 day simple moving average of $70.84. The company has a market cap of $8.28 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.91 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $65.43 and a 1 year high of $74.28.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.33%. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. SWAN Capital LLC increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 8.2% in the 4th quarter. SWAN Capital LLC now owns 229,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,591,000 after buying an additional 17,415 shares during the period. Ascent Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 20,068 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,362,000 after acquiring an additional 245 shares during the period. WNY Asset Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. WNY Asset Management LLC now owns 67,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,570,000 after acquiring an additional 614 shares during the period. Vermillion Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the fourth quarter worth $31,000. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp bought a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $13,064,000.

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.