McAlister Sweet & Associates Inc. Sells 968 Shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM)

McAlister Sweet & Associates Inc. reduced its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) by 13.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 6,067 shares of the company’s stock after selling 968 shares during the quarter. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF comprises 0.6% of McAlister Sweet & Associates Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest position. McAlister Sweet & Associates Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $644,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VYM. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 110,970.8% in the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 394,835,570 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,725,157,000 after purchasing an additional 394,480,089 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 25.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,863,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,716,581,000 after acquiring an additional 3,242,830 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 10.1% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 9,684,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,047,927,000 after purchasing an additional 884,541 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.1% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,847,919 shares of the company’s stock valued at $511,455,000 after purchasing an additional 191,117 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.7% in the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,464,935 shares of the company’s stock worth $475,541,000 after purchasing an additional 74,443 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF stock traded up $1.02 during trading on Thursday, hitting $108.41. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 391,445 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,562,884. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a 52 week low of $94.59 and a 52 week high of $113.78. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $107.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $105.84. The company has a market capitalization of $49.80 billion, a PE ratio of 13.80 and a beta of 0.84.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Company Profile

The Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund (VYM) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the FTSE Custom High Dividend Yield index. The fund tracks the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index. The index selects high-dividend-paying US companies, excluding REITS, and weights them by market cap. VYM was launched on Nov 10, 2006 and is managed by Vanguard.