Raymond James & Associates Grows Stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Raymond James & Associates lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 47.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 169,018 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 54,131 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates’ holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $12,409,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. OLD Mission Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 137.8% during the first quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 451,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,064,000 after purchasing an additional 261,660 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 15.0% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,805,785 shares of the company’s stock worth $123,750,000 after buying an additional 235,522 shares during the last quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 47.6% during the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 485,079 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,242,000 after buying an additional 156,481 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $10,461,000. Finally, Drucker Wealth 3.0 LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $9,802,000.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of VYMI opened at $71.29 on Monday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $72.21 and its 200-day simple moving average is $70.36. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12-month low of $59.20 and a 12-month high of $74.28. The firm has a market cap of $7.92 billion, a PE ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 20th were paid a $0.697 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 20th. This represents a $2.79 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.91%.

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.