Meridian Financial LLC Has $485,000 Stock Holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Meridian Financial LLC grew its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 5.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,148 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 356 shares during the period. Meridian Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $485,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Eastern Bank bought a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Blue Trust Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the third quarter valued at about $44,000. Kimelman & Baird LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the second quarter worth about $48,000. Finally, Hara Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $73,000.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VYMI opened at $68.55 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $69.18 and its 200 day simple moving average is $70.47. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a one year low of $64.34 and a one year high of $74.28. The firm has a market cap of $7.84 billion, a PE ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a $0.9647 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.63%.

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.