Farther Finance Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM)

Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) by 22.4% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 17,919 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,280 shares during the quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $2,121,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VYM. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,884,792 shares of the company’s stock worth $545,289,000 after purchasing an additional 186,821 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG boosted its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 5.2% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,417,686 shares of the company’s stock worth $381,516,000 after purchasing an additional 169,321 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.5% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 3,246,447 shares of the company’s stock worth $392,788,000 after purchasing an additional 16,021 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 6.5% in the second quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 2,127,603 shares of the company’s stock worth $252,334,000 after purchasing an additional 129,582 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wellspring Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Wellspring Financial Advisors LLC now owns 1,853,557 shares of the company’s stock worth $206,913,000 after purchasing an additional 9,623 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 1.0 %

VYM stock traded up $1.21 on Friday, hitting $127.36. The company had a trading volume of 859,492 shares, compared to its average volume of 943,573. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12-month low of $98.40 and a 12-month high of $127.50. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $121.78 and its 200 day simple moving average is $119.32. The stock has a market cap of $57.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.88 and a beta of 0.70.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Company Profile

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.