BankPlus Trust Department Invests $71,000 in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

BankPlus Trust Department acquired a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 1,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $71,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,589,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $175,757,000 after acquiring an additional 75,346 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its holdings 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 worth $128,071,000 after acquiring 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. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 14.0% in the 4th quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 1,055,216 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,675,000 after acquiring an additional 129,587 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 59.9% in the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 471,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,624,000 after acquiring an additional 176,592 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VYMI opened at $72.31 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $69.51 and a 200-day moving average price of $70.71. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $65.43 and a fifty-two week high of $74.28. The firm has a market cap of $8.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.91 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

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.