Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF $VYMI Shares Bought by Fifth Third Bancorp

Fifth Third Bancorp raised its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 455.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 29,849 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 24,471 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $2,813,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 5,616,721 shares of the company’s stock worth $505,505,000 after acquiring an additional 165,264 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.9% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,069,126 shares of the company’s stock valued at $429,254,000 after purchasing an additional 537,112 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.9% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,563,633 shares of the company’s stock valued at $230,727,000 after purchasing an additional 119,392 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 11.6% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,227,661 shares of the company’s stock worth $200,490,000 after purchasing an additional 231,082 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 2,192,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $197,284,000 after purchasing an additional 119,705 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VYMI opened at $100.23 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $99.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $97.28. The company has a market cap of $19.94 billion, a PE ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.61. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12 month low of $79.55 and a 12 month high of $101.96.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 23rd. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were paid a $1.2569 dividend. This represents a $5.03 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.71.

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.