235,779 Shares in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Bought by Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 235,779 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,005,000. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC owned approximately 0.21% of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYMI. Bank of Montreal Can raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 41,247 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,896,000 after purchasing an additional 810 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $701,000. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.7% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 802,658 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,832,000 after buying an additional 13,596 shares during the period. Arkos Global Advisors boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. Arkos Global Advisors now owns 155,396 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,649,000 after acquiring an additional 1,140 shares during the period. Finally, Ascent Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 12.0% during the 2nd quarter. Ascent Group LLC now owns 19,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,305,000 after acquiring an additional 2,034 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

VYMI opened at $70.05 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $69.15 and its 200 day simple moving average is $70.46. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1-year low of $64.58 and a 1-year high of $74.28. The stock has a market cap of $8.01 billion, a PE ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.51%. 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.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF 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.