Kestra Advisory Services LLC Buys 3,895 Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

Kestra Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 8.5% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 49,750 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,895 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $3,666,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VYMI. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,801,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $122,283,000 after purchasing an additional 57,093 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.3% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,745,964 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,660,000 after purchasing an additional 39,917 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 8.1% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,472,896 shares of the company’s stock valued at $108,538,000 after purchasing an additional 110,232 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.9% in the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,332,192 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,429,000 after purchasing an additional 141,146 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Confluence Wealth Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 12.1% in the first quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 1,183,393 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,985,000 after purchasing an additional 128,177 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

VYMI stock opened at $84.08 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $81.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $77.29. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $65.08 and a fifty-two week high of $85.61. The firm has a market cap of $11.48 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 24th. Investors of record on Friday, June 20th were issued a $1.0762 dividend. This represents a $4.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.1%. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.60. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 20th.

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.