Short Interest in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Grows By 106.7%

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 46,507 shares, a growth of 106.7% from the March 15th total of 22,499 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,328,766 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of VYMI stock traded up $0.48 on Tuesday, hitting $99.50. The stock had a trading volume of 906,019 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,541,821. The firm has a market cap of $19.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.06 and a beta of 0.62. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a twelve month low of $72.00 and a twelve month high of $101.71. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $96.62 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $91.25.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 24th. Investors of record on Friday, March 20th were paid a $0.708 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $2.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYMI. Align Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $102,920,000. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 175.0% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,100,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,000,000 after buying an additional 700,000 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 14.5% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,532,014 shares of the company’s stock worth $363,060,000 after acquiring an additional 574,038 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 22.6% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,277,509 shares of the company’s stock valued at $182,451,000 after acquiring an additional 420,173 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 42.4% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 1,376,242 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,862,000 after acquiring an additional 409,904 shares during the last quarter.

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.