Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Sets New 1-Year High – Still a Buy?

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The stock traded as high as $102.51 and last traded at $102.22, with a volume of 719348 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $101.64.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $99.82 and a 200 day simple moving average of $97.66. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were given a dividend of $1.2569 per share. This represents a $5.03 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.9%. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYMI. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton now owns 22,216 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,182,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares during the period. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 71,040 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,976,000 after purchasing an additional 2,743 shares during the last quarter. Sara Bay Financial lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 10.3% in the 2nd quarter. Sara Bay Financial now owns 26,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,588,000 after purchasing an additional 2,451 shares during the period. Bouvel Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $204,000. Finally, Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,394,000.

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.