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 announced 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 yield of 3.60%. 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.

News coverage about VYM stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring 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 media sentiment score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF saw a decrease in short interest in 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 a number of of retail and institutional 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 purchased 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.