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 given 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 2.97%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 25th. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Dividend History.

News headlines about VYM stock have been trending positive on Friday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF earned a media sentiment score of 3.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term.

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 trading volume of 1,373,310 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 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), Home Depot (HD), Exxon Mobil (XOM), National Australia Bank (NABZY), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Verizon Communications (VZ) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail 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, Red Cedar Investment Management LLC, Dubuque Bank & Trust Co., Cypress Wealth Services LLC and TIAA FSB.

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

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 $87.67.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a market capitalization of $23.62 billion.

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