Quartz Partners LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Quartz Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 4.7% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 3,645 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 163 shares during the quarter. Quartz Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $247,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Orgel Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.0% during the fourth quarter. Orgel Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,589,224 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,757,000 after purchasing an additional 75,346 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 1,739,250 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 388,388 shares during the period. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 14.0% in the 4th quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 1,055,216 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,675,000 after buying an additional 129,587 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 59.9% in the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 471,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,624,000 after acquiring an additional 176,592 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

VYMI stock opened at $72.21 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $8.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.91 and a beta of 0.83. The business’s 50-day moving average is $69.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $70.71. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $65.43 and a fifty-two week high of $74.28.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a $0.9647 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.34%.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF 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.