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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 25th. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's Dividend History.

Media coverage about VYM stock has been trending somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. 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 -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the company a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 Iberiabank Corp.

VYM stock was acquired 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 $87.59.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a market capitalization of $23.63 billion.

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