Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE:IHD) Short Interest Down 81.0% in July

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE:IHD) was the target of a large decline in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,130 shares, a decline of 81.0% from the June 30th total of 32,322 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 68,078 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bulldog Investors LLP lifted its position in Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund by 9.1% in the 1st quarter. Bulldog Investors LLP now owns 982,438 shares of the investment management company’s stock valued at $6,543,000 after acquiring an additional 81,985 shares in the last quarter. Waterfront Wealth Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund in the first quarter valued at about $3,236,000. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund by 36.7% during the first quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 312,161 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $2,079,000 after buying an additional 83,855 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in shares of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund by 3.3% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 205,196 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $1,219,000 after buying an additional 6,513 shares during the period. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 155,597 shares of the investment management company’s stock worth $976,000 after buying an additional 4,499 shares in the last quarter.

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund Price Performance

NYSE IHD opened at $7.31 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $7.57 and a 200 day simple moving average of $7.12. Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund has a 52-week low of $5.75 and a 52-week high of $8.14.

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, August 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 3rd will be issued a $0.055 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 9.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, August 3rd.

About Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund

Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund (NYSE: IHD) is a closed-end investment company that seeks to provide high current income and long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of companies domiciled or with significant business activities in emerging market countries. The fund emphasizes dividend-paying stocks across a range of industries, including financials, consumer staples, industrials and energy, with the goal of generating above-average yield relative to broader emerging market equity indices.

Launched in the mid-2000s under the ING Investment Management brand, the fund became part of Voya Investment Management’s portfolio offerings following Voya Financial’s acquisition of ING’s U.S.