LaFleur & Godfrey LLC Purchases 224 Shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM)

LaFleur & Godfrey LLC lifted its position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (NYSEARCA:VYM) by 4.5% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,154 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 224 shares during the quarter. LaFleur & Godfrey LLC’s holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF were worth $658,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VYM. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,164,681 shares of the company’s stock valued at $277,512,000 after purchasing an additional 9,363 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.7% during the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 2,163,842 shares of the company’s stock valued at $277,405,000 after purchasing an additional 36,239 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 6.8% during the third quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,889,775 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,269,000 after buying an additional 121,099 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 1,785,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $228,888,000 after buying an additional 19,205 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF by 101.2% during the third quarter. Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,097,218 shares of the company’s stock worth $140,664,000 after buying an additional 552,003 shares during the period.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of NYSEARCA VYM opened at $131.69 on Monday. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF has a 12-month low of $109.47 and a 12-month high of $135.07. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $130.47 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $127.18. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.63 billion, a PE ratio of 15.88 and a beta of 0.70.

About Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF

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.