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 3.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 24th. This is a positive change from Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.67. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Dividend History.

Media stories about VYM stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF earned a daily sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bank of America Corp DE (9.61%), LPL Financial LLC (0.93%), Raymond James & Associates (0.83%), Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blaney LLC (0.77%), Edge Capital Group LLC (0.47%) and Commonwealth Equity Services LLC (0.43%).

VYM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AE Wealth Management LLC, Massey Quick Simon & CO. LLC, D. Scott Neal Inc., Jane Street Group LLC, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, First Command Bank, First Command Financial Services Inc. and Cetera Advisors LLC.

VYM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of America Corp DE, Edge Capital Group LLC, HCR Wealth Advisors, Opus Capital Group LLC, First Midwest Bank Trust Division, FDx Advisors Inc., Graves Light Private Wealth Management Inc. and Searcy Financial Services Inc. ADV.

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 $85.29.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a market capitalization of $22.53 billion.

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