Beacon Financial Advisory LLC Has $222,000 Stake in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Beacon Financial Advisory LLC cut its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 9.1% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 3,275 shares of the company’s stock after selling 328 shares during the quarter. Beacon Financial Advisory LLC’s holdings in Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $222,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Orgel Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of 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 worth $175,757,000 after acquiring an additional 75,346 shares during the last quarter. 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 raised its holdings 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 worth $87,447,000 after purchasing an additional 388,388 shares during the last quarter. Confluence Wealth Services Inc. raised its holdings 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 worth $73,675,000 after purchasing an additional 129,587 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sageworth Trust Co lifted its position in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Sageworth Trust Co now owns 688,222 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,529,000 after purchasing an additional 5,127 shares during the period.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:VYMI opened at $71.21 on Friday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52 week low of $64.58 and a 52 week high of $74.28. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $69.20 and its 200-day moving average is $70.44. The firm has a market cap of $8.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared 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. This represents a $3.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.42%. The ex-dividend date 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.