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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.68%. 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 positive on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of 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 impact score of 2.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF saw a decline in short interest during 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 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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include 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%), Northside Capital Management LLC (0.06%) and Beacon Financial Group (0.05%).

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

VYM stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including First Midwest Bank Trust Division, CX Institutional, RNC Capital Management LLC, Beacon Financial Group, First Hawaiian Bank, Dubuque Bank & Trust Co., Coastline Trust Co and BKD Wealth Advisors LLC.

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 $80.39.

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