Opinicus Capital Inc. Acquires Shares of 11,543 Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VYM)

Opinicus Capital Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VYM) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 11,543 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,289,000. Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares makes up approximately 1.3% of Opinicus Capital Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYM. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares by 81.5% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 18,483,322 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,966,803,000 after purchasing an additional 8,298,820 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares by 6.1% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 5,152,205 shares of the company’s stock valued at $532,326,000 after purchasing an additional 298,137 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 4,059,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $453,131,000 after purchasing an additional 115,272 shares during the period. UBS Group AG grew its position in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares by 4.7% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 3,248,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $335,621,000 after purchasing an additional 145,946 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares in the fourth quarter valued at about $254,023,000.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VYM traded down $0.23 during trading on Friday, hitting $117.37. The company had a trading volume of 552,952 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,123,236. The firm has a market capitalization of $53.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.82 and a beta of 0.73. Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares has a fifty-two week low of $98.40 and a fifty-two week high of $121.29. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $117.38 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $111.30.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund ETF Shares 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.