VYM Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF | ARCA:VYM)

Seeks to track the performance of the FTSE High Dividend Yield Index which measures the investment return of common stocks of companies characterized by high dividend yields. Provides a convenient way to track the performance of stocks with histories of above-average dividend yields. Follows a passively managed full-replication approach.

Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades on the ARCA stock market under the symbol VYM.

As of August 31, 2026, VYM stock price declined to $164.09 with 750,650 million shares trading.

VYM has a beta of 0.52, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. VYM has a correlation of 0.43 to the broad based SPY ETF.

VYM has a market cap of $83.21 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, VYM traded as high as $167.61 and as low as $98.40.

VYM has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +20.4%, while the SPY ETF gained +19.3%. In the last 3 month period, VYM beat the market returning +4.3%, while SPY returned +1.8%. However, in the most recent 2 weeks VYM has underperformed the stock market by returning -1.5%, while SPY returned -1.2%.

VYM support price is $163.39 and resistance is $165.11 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that VYM shares will trade within this expected range on the day.