Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) Shares Sold by AGF Management Ltd.

AGF Management Ltd. decreased its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 80,630 shares of the company’s stock after selling 855 shares during the period. AGF Management Ltd.’s holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $8,552,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VYM. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC raised its position 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 valued at $42,725,157,000 after purchasing an additional 394,480,089 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. acquired a new stake in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $1,071,831,000. Morgan Stanley raised its position in 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 in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 4.1% in the 1st 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, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 13.1% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,836,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $512,964,000 after purchasing an additional 559,528 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VYM opened at $104.57 on Wednesday. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a fifty-two week low of $98.40 and a fifty-two week high of $113.78. The firm has a market capitalization of $48.04 billion, a PE ratio of 13.80 and a beta of 0.84. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $103.40 and its 200-day simple moving average is $105.10.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF 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.