Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (VYMI)

NASDAQ: VYMI · Real-Time Price · USD
84.36
+0.16 (0.19%)
Sep 29, 2025, 9:52 AM EDT - Market open
0.19%
Assets $12.49B
Expense Ratio 0.17%
PE Ratio 11.84
Shares Out 149.99M
Dividend (ttm) $3.34
Dividend Yield 3.96%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 19, 2025
Payout Ratio 46.99%
1-Year Return +15.80%
Volume 650
Open n/a
Previous Close 84.20
Day's Range n/a
52-Week Low 65.08
52-Week High 86.08
Beta 0.72
Holdings 1603
Inception Date Feb 25, 2016

About VYMI

Fund Home Page

The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF (VYMI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of developed and emerging market firms (ex-US) that are expected to pay above average dividends over the next 12 months. VYMI was launched on Feb 25, 2016 and is issued by Vanguard.

Asset Class Equity
Category Foreign Large Value
Region Global
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol VYMI
ETF Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked FTSE Custom All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Net Tax (US RIC) Index

Top 10 Holdings

13.45% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Nestlé S.A. NESN 1.54%
Novartis AG NOVN 1.53%
Roche Holding AG ROG 1.48%
HSBC Holdings plc HSBA 1.46%
Shell plc SHEL 1.43%
Royal Bank of Canada RY 1.33%
Toyota Motor Corporation 7203 1.33%
Commonwealth Bank of Australia CBA 1.20%
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. 8306 1.09%
Allianz SE ALV 1.06%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 19, 2025 $0.7001 Sep 23, 2025
Jun 20, 2025 $1.0762 Jun 24, 2025
Mar 21, 2025 $0.6003 Mar 25, 2025
Dec 20, 2024 $0.9647 Dec 24, 2024
Sep 20, 2024 $0.6967 Sep 24, 2024
Jun 21, 2024 $1.0087 Jun 25, 2024
Full Dividend History

News

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