5 Best Performing Dividend ETFs in 2023

4. Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund (NASDAQ:VYMI)

Year-to-Date Returns as of May 3: 5.29%

Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund (NASDAQ:VYMI) invests in international stocks with above-average dividend yields. As of March 31, the fund’s total assets amount to over $6 billion, and has 1349 holdings. Its net expense ratio came in at 0.22%.

Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL) is one of the main constituents of Vanguard International High Dividend Yield Fund (NASDAQ:VYMI), which is a London-based oil and gas company. The company offers a quarterly dividend of $0.575/ADS per share and has a dividend yield of 3.67%, as of May 4.

At the end of December 2022, 40 hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey reported having investments in Shell plc (NYSE:SHEL), up from 39 in the previous quarter. These stakes have a consolidated value of over $3 billion.