Vanguard Whitehall Funds - Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF Company profile
The investment seeks to track the performance of FTSE All-World ex US High Dividend Yield Index that measures the investment return of non-U.S. companies that are characterized by high dividend yield. The Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF tracks an index of non-U.S. companies that have a high dividend yield, meaning the dividend payout relative to their stock price. Rather than investing in the entire index, VYMI uses sampling to piece together a portfolio that represents, in the aggregate, comparable characteristics to the full index, such as industry weighting, price to earnings, and company size. And while a high dividend yield may indicate a company is undervalued, it may also indicate that the company is struggling and the dividend may be in jeopardy.