Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Announces Dividend of $1.02 (NYSEARCA:VYM)

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) announced a dividend on Thursday, February 29th, NASDAQ reports. Investors of record on Friday, June 21st will be paid a dividend of 1.0237 per share on Tuesday, June 25th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 21st.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of VYM stock traded up $0.42 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $119.81. 782,582 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 993,575. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $118.40 and its 200 day moving average is $115.51. The company has a market capitalization of $54.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.88 and a beta of 0.70. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $98.40 and a 1 year high of $121.64.

About Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund (VYM) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the FTSE Custom High Dividend Yield index. The fund tracks the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index. The index selects high-dividend-paying US companies, excluding REITS, and weights them by market cap. VYM was launched on Nov 10, 2006 and is managed by Vanguard.