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, March 22nd. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.6516 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $2.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.96%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 25th. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Dividend History.

News stories about VYM stock have been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news 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 coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF saw a increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 3,247,584 shares, an increase of 1,349.3% from the March 15th total of 224,081 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,373,310 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Current Options Chain.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF investors own include AT&T (T), NVIDIA (NVDA), Micron Technology (MU), Home Depot (HD), Verizon Communications (VZ), Exxon Mobil (XOM), National Australia Bank (NABZY), General Electric (GE), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Kinder Morgan (KMI).

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC (0.17%), First Manhattan Co. (0.13%), Bouchey Financial Group Ltd (0.11%), Sabal Trust CO (0.09%), Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. (0.09%) and Red Cedar Investment Management LLC (0.08%).

VYM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Northstar Investment Advisors LLC, CX Institutional, Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC, PagnatoKarp Partners LLC, Bristlecone Advisors LLC, Red Cedar Investment Management LLC, Dubuque Bank & Trust Co. and Cypress Wealth Services LLC.

VYM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sage Rhino Capital LLC, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Country Club Trust Company n.a., PFS Investments Inc., First Manhattan Co., Truvestments Capital LLC and Twele Capital Management 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 $88.05.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a market capitalization of $23.78 billion.

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