Essex Financial Services Inc. Boosts Stock Holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Essex Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 9.4% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 24,464 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,096 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $1,661,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Creative Planning boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 674,561 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,526,000 after purchasing an additional 14,550 shares during the period. Zhang Financial LLC boosted its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 15.8% during the 3rd quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 39,249 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,882,000 after buying an additional 5,354 shares during the period. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 108,061 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,934,000 after acquiring an additional 894 shares during the period. Oxinas Partners Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 27.1% during the third quarter. Oxinas Partners Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,106 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,036,000 after acquiring an additional 3,012 shares during the last quarter. Finally, OmniStar Financial Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 52.0% during the third quarter. OmniStar Financial Group Inc. now owns 8,021 shares of the company’s stock valued at $591,000 after acquiring an additional 2,745 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VYMI opened at $71.54 on Wednesday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $64.58 and a 1 year high of $74.28. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.18 billion, a PE ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81. The business’s 50-day moving average is $69.24 and its 200 day moving average is $70.47.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.9647 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.39%.

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.