First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Buys 27,402 Shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI)

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (NASDAQ:VYMI) by 74.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 64,028 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 27,402 shares during the quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. owned 0.06% of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF worth $4,346,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Decker Retirement Planning Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Eastern Bank bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the third quarter worth about $29,000. Blue Trust Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the third quarter worth about $44,000. Kimelman & Baird LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the second quarter worth about $48,000. Finally, Hara Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF in the third quarter worth about $73,000.

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ VYMI opened at $70.05 on Friday. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 1 year low of $64.58 and a 1 year high of $74.28. The business’s 50-day moving average is $69.15 and its 200 day moving average is $70.46. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.01 billion, a PE ratio of 9.68 and a beta of 0.81.

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 issued a $0.9647 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This is a positive change from Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.70. This represents a $3.86 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.51%.

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.