BankPlus Trust Department Purchases New Stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

BankPlus Trust Department purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 1,051 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $71,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Orgel Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 3.0% during the 4th 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 increased its position 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 during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its position 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 during the period. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 14.0% during the 4th quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. now owns 1,055,216 shares of the company’s stock valued at $73,675,000 after purchasing an additional 129,587 shares during the period. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 59.9% during the 3rd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 471,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,624,000 after purchasing an additional 176,592 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $72.31 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $69.51 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $70.71. The company has a market cap of $8.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.91 and a beta of 0.81. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12-month low of $65.43 and a 12-month high of $74.28.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given 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. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.34%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

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.