Richard C. Young & CO. LTD. Buys 465 Shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM)

Richard C. Young & CO. LTD. raised its stake in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 28,020 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 465 shares during the quarter. Richard C. Young & CO. LTD.’s holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $3,592,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.6% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,223,678 shares of the company’s stock valued at $619,528,000 after buying an additional 228,580 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.2% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,000,642 shares of the company’s stock worth $593,076,000 after purchasing an additional 59,826 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.5% in the 1st 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 period. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 7.4% during the second quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 2,226,818 shares of the company’s stock valued at $247,649,000 after buying an additional 153,146 shares during the period. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.7% in the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 2,163,842 shares of the company’s stock worth $277,405,000 after buying an additional 36,239 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF stock opened at $130.70 on Monday. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $104.23 and a fifty-two week high of $133.45. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $128.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $123.70. The stock has a market cap of $59.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.88 and a beta of 0.70.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF 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.