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 November 6, 2026, VYM stock price declined to $159.74 with 768,033 million shares trading.

VYM has a beta of 0.46, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. VYM has a correlation of 0.33 to the broad based SPY ETF.

VYM has a market cap of $81.22 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

In the last 3 years, VYM traded as high as $167.61 and as low as $101.53.

VYM has outperformed the market in the last year with a price return of +16.8% while the SPY ETF gained +10.2%. VYM has also outperformed the stock market ETF in the last 3 month and 2 week periods returning -2.7% and -1.8%, respectively, while the SPY returned -3.7% and -3.3%, respectively.

VYM support price is $158.77 and resistance is $160.84 (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.