Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Up 31.4% in January

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a large growth in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 375,500 shares, a growth of 31.4% from the December 31st total of 285,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 347,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.1 days.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Up 1.2 %

VYMI traded up $0.83 during trading on Thursday, reaching $70.97. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 491,227 shares, compared to its average volume of 514,023. The company has a market cap of $8.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $69.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $70.45. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $64.58 and a 1 year high of $74.28.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.44%.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 34,002.9% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,744,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,071,000 after purchasing an additional 1,739,250 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 48.4% in the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,191,046 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,447,000 after acquiring an additional 388,388 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7,680.0% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 370,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,195,000 after purchasing an additional 365,643 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $16,005,000. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 59.9% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 471,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,624,000 after purchasing an additional 176,592 shares during the period.

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.