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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.67%. The ex-dividend date 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.

Headlines about VYM stock have trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF earned a daily sentiment score of 2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the company a news buzz of 8.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 14th, there was short interest totalling 102,514 shares, a drop of 80.4% from the November 30th total of 522,327 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,358,196 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.0 days. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Current Options Chain.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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%), Twele Capital Management Inc. (0.06%) and Northside Capital Management LLC (0.06%).

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, Juncture Wealth Strategies LLC, Triangle Securities Wealth Management, Stuart Chaussee & Associates Inc., Watermark Asset Management Inc. and Webster Bank N. A..

VYM stock was acquired 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 $80.56.

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