VY

VYM VANGUARD HIGH DVD YIELD ETF

2026Q2 · CUSIP 921946406 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
2,082
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+59
Last quarter 2,023 → now 2,082
How unusual is that
Top 10%
Stronger buying than 94% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

2,082 funds held VYM at the end of 2026Q2, up 59 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 93.7% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. VYM has had 37 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=211 2013Q4: holders=247 2014Q1: holders=262 2014Q2: holders=277 2014Q3: holders=289 2014Q4: holders=351 2015Q1: holders=368 2015Q2: holders=371 2015Q3: holders=371 2015Q4: holders=423 2016Q1: holders=442 2016Q2: holders=468 2016Q3: holders=471 2016Q4: holders=535 2017Q1: holders=562 2017Q2: holders=584 2017Q3: holders=596 2017Q4: holders=683 2018Q1: holders=704 2018Q2: holders=714 2018Q3: holders=739 2018Q4: holders=788 2019Q1: holders=828 2019Q2: holders=847 2019Q3: holders=864 2019Q4: holders=1009 2020Q1: holders=928 2020Q2: holders=917 2020Q3: holders=931 2020Q4: holders=1072 2021Q1: holders=1106 2021Q2: holders=1127 2021Q3: holders=1128 2021Q4: holders=1299 2022Q1: holders=1348 2022Q2: holders=1323 2022Q3: holders=1330 2022Q4: holders=1469 2023Q1: holders=1442 2023Q2: holders=1460 2023Q3: holders=1452 2023Q4: holders=1575 2024Q1: holders=1610 2024Q2: holders=1594 2024Q3: holders=1655 2024Q4: holders=1805 2025Q1: holders=1802 2025Q2: holders=1812 2025Q3: holders=1844 2025Q4: holders=2012 2026Q1: holders=2023 2026Q2: holders=2082 -171 -85.5 +0 +85.5 +171 18911882187 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 37 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 10% — —
2025Q4 Top 5% — —
2025Q3 Top 10% — —
2024Q4 Top 5% — —
2024Q3 Top 5% — —
2024Q1 Top 10% — —
2023Q4 Top 5% — —
2023Q2 Top 20% — —

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
163
Change in large funds
+16
Total value they hold
$28.7B
Funds buying for the first time
166
Funds that sold out entirely
107
Price change that quarter
—
Funds holding puts (bearish)
5
Funds holding calls (bullish)
7

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

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2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.