NYSEARCA:VYM - Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "VYM."

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, December 21st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 26th will be given a dividend of $0.7388 per share on Friday, December 28th. This represents a $2.96 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 24th. This is a boost from Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Dividend History.

News headlines about VYM stock have been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF earned a media sentiment score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 102,514 shares, a decrease of 80.4% from the November 30th total of 522,327 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,358,196 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Current Options Chain.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC (0.16%), Bouchey Financial Group Ltd (0.11%), Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. (0.09%), First Midwest Bank Trust Division (0.08%), Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC (0.07%) and Twele Capital Management Inc. (0.06%).

VYM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Command Bank, Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC, Bouchey Financial Group Ltd, Bristlecone Advisors LLC, Juncture Wealth Strategies LLC, Triangle Securities Wealth Management, Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc. and Watermark Asset Management Inc..

VYM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Midwest Bank Trust Division, PFG Advisors, CX Institutional, RNC Capital Management LLC, Strategic Family Wealth Counselors L.L.C., Beacon Financial Group, Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC and Nachman Norwood & Parrott Inc.

Shares of VYM can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of VYM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.15.

The official website for Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF is http://www.vanguard.com.