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. Investors 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 dividend yield of 3.67%. The ex-dividend date 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.

Press coverage about VYM stock has trended positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF earned a news sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the company a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF saw a decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 102,514 shares, a decline 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 days-to-cover 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 a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Bouchey Financial Group Ltd (0.11%), Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. (0.09%), Kistler Tiffany Companies LLC (0.07%), Northside Capital Management LLC (0.06%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.04%) and CX Institutional (0.04%).

VYM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Stillwater Capital Advisors LLC, Bouchey Financial Group Ltd, Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc., Watermark Asset Management Inc., Webster Bank N. A., North Star Investment Management Corp., Northside Capital Management LLC and Capital City Trust Co. FL.

VYM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including CX Institutional, First Hawaiian Bank, Dubuque Bank & Trust Co., Coastline Trust Co, Highwater Wealth Management LLC, Arlington Partners LLC, EisnerAmper Wealth Management Corporate Benefits LLC and Fenimore Asset 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 $80.45.

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