NYSEARCA:VYMVanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Price, Forecast & News

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock was trading at $75.66 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, VYM shares have increased by 9.4% and is now trading at $82.78. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.7791 per share on Friday, December 27th. This represents a $3.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.76%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 23rd. This is a boost from Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.62. View Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's dividend history.

News stories about VYM stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. 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 coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news aboutVanguard High Dividend Yield ETF.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF investors own include Verizon Communications (VZ), AT&T (T), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Home Depot (HD), AbbVie (ABBV), Chevron (CVX), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC) and Pfizer (PFE).

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "VYM."

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Raymond James & Associates (2.95%), Morgan Stanley (1.88%), UBS Group AG (0.90%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.66%), Sullivan Bruyette Speros & Blaney LLC (0.66%) and Advisor Group Holdings Inc. (0.65%).

VYM stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Integrated Advisors Network LLC, Jane Street Group LLC, Two Sigma Investments LP, Wellington Management Group LLP, Wealth Advisors Inc., MML Investors Services LLC, and AE Wealth Management LLC.

VYM stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Waldron Private Wealth LLC, Ameritas Investment Company LLC, EisnerAmper Wealth Management Corporate Benefits LLC, Arlington Partners LLC, Creative Planning, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Raymond James Financial Services Advisors 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of VYM stock can currently be purchased for approximately $82.78.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a market capitalization of $26.79 billion.

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