Ascentis Independent Advisors Buys Shares of 6,912 Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI

Ascentis Independent Advisors bought a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 6,912 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $651,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in VYMI. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,616,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $505,505,000 after purchasing an additional 165,264 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.9% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,069,126 shares of the company’s stock worth $429,254,000 after buying an additional 537,112 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,563,633 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,727,000 after buying an additional 119,392 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,227,661 shares of the company’s stock valued at $200,490,000 after buying an additional 231,082 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.8% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 2,192,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $197,284,000 after buying an additional 119,705 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

VYMI opened at $99.57 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $19.81 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $99.30 and a 200-day moving average of $96.69. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52-week low of $79.55 and a 52-week high of $101.96.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 18th were issued a $1.2569 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th. This represents a $5.03 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.0%.

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.