BLB&B Advisors LLC Purchases New Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

BLB&B Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,165 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $245,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 32.8% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 35,505,505 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,492,843,000 after acquiring an additional 8,767,138 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 249.4% during the 2nd quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 8,332,294 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $645,753,000 after acquiring an additional 5,947,219 shares during the period. Angeles Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $191,989,000. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 71.9% during the 1st quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 6,435,286 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $451,821,000 after acquiring an additional 2,692,667 shares during the period. Finally, Victory Capital Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $100,886,000.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

VGK stock opened at $80.30 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a fifty-two week low of $62.02 and a fifty-two week high of $81.75. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $79.77 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $77.41. The company has a market capitalization of $27.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.93.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Company Profile

Vanguard European Stock Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by Companies located in the markets of Europe. The Fund on focuses indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe All Cap Index.