VYM Dividend History & Description — Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF
Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (the Fund) is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of common stocks of companies that are characterized by high dividend yields. The Fund is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index (the Index). As of Oct 31, 2013, the Fund's investments portfolio was valued at $11,341,044,000.
Learn more about the VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF at ETF Channel. When considering the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF stock dividend history, we have taken known splits into account, such that the VYM dividend history is presented on a split-adjusted ("apples to apples") basis. Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF dividend history is presented both in graphical/chart form, and as a VYM dividend history data table along the right-hand column.
The VYM dividend history graphic shown above is presented after taking into consideration any known stock split occurrences, in order to present the most directly comparable VYM historical dividend comparison possible. Historical dividends, when charted graphically, can reveal the long-term variability and/or growth within the VYM dividend history record. Also see the VYM stock dividend history data table along the right-hand column below.