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

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 350,300 shares, a decrease of 38.3% from the May 15th total of 568,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 821,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Wealthfront Advisers LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 69,617.2% during the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 23,916,500 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,623,452,000 after buying an additional 23,882,195 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 1,826,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,969,000 after acquiring an additional 67,749 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.3% during the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,801,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $122,283,000 after acquiring an additional 57,093 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.3% during the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,745,964 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,660,000 after acquiring an additional 39,917 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 30.7% in the 1st quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,741,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,295,000 after purchasing an additional 408,821 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

VYMI opened at $79.38 on Wednesday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $65.08 and a 1 year high of $80.97. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $76.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $72.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.72 billion, a PE ratio of 12.20 and a beta of 0.81.

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.