Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) Stake Boosted by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 139.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,870 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,501 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $874,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VYMI. Orgel Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,589,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $175,757,000 after buying an additional 75,346 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 34,002.9% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,744,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,071,000 after purchasing an additional 1,739,250 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 48.4% during the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,191,046 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,447,000 after purchasing an additional 388,388 shares in the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 10.8% during the 3rd quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 925,629 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,960,000 after purchasing an additional 90,464 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sageworth Trust Co boosted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Sageworth Trust Co now owns 688,222 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,529,000 after purchasing an additional 5,127 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ VYMI opened at $70.17 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.15 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $70.45. The firm has a market cap of $8.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $64.58 and a 1 year high of $74.28.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were paid a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.50%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Company 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.