Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Short Interest Up 26.7% in February

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 1,150,000 shares, an increase of 26.7% from the February 13th total of 907,500 shares. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 498,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 380,120 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,908,000 after purchasing an additional 19,292 shares in the last quarter. MBA Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 9.0% during the 4th quarter. MBA Advisors LLC now owns 13,654 shares of the company’s stock worth $927,000 after purchasing an additional 1,124 shares in the last quarter. Empowered Funds LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $160,000. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 39.7% during the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 12,421 shares of the company’s stock valued at $843,000 after acquiring an additional 3,529 shares in the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 20.7% in the fourth quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 10,981 shares of the company’s stock worth $745,000 after purchasing an additional 1,886 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 1.2 %

VYMI opened at $75.84 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $71.29 and its 200-day moving average is $71.04. The stock has a market cap of $8.68 billion, a PE ratio of 12.17 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a twelve month low of $65.43 and a twelve month high of $76.41.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.09%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70.

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.