Empowered Funds LLC Acquires Shares of 2,359 Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Empowered Funds LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 2,359 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $160,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYMI. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 34,002.9% during the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,744,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,071,000 after purchasing an additional 1,739,250 shares during the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 48.4% during the third quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,191,046 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,447,000 after purchasing an additional 388,388 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 7,680.0% during the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 370,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,195,000 after purchasing an additional 365,643 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $16,005,000. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 59.9% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 471,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,624,000 after purchasing an additional 176,592 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VYMI stock opened at $72.21 on Friday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a one year low of $65.43 and a one year high of $74.28. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $69.51 and its 200-day simple moving average is $70.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.34%.

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.