Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Update

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 621,306 shares, an increase of 122.7% from the April 30th total of 279,019 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 948,275 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $100.19 on Monday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $97.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $94.43. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $77.46 and a fifty-two week high of $101.71. The firm has a market cap of $19.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th were issued a dividend of $0.708 per share. This represents a $2.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 20th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the fourth quarter worth $237,000. Russell Investments Group Ltd. acquired a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $96,000. Brown Advisory Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $374,000. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.1% during the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 35,988 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,883,000 after buying an additional 376 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Squarepoint Ops LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $1,071,000.

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.