Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) Sets New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

Shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF (NYSEARCA:VPL) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $115.27 and last traded at $115.27, with a volume of 34539 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $111.91.

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF Stock Performance

The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $104.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $99.04. The firm has a market cap of $8.82 billion, a PE ratio of 14.65 and a beta of 0.79.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in VPL. OLD Mission Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 1,040.2% in the 4th quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 915,083 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,724,000 after buying an additional 834,825 shares during the period. State Street Corp purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $66,519,000. Strategic Investment Advisors MI purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $37,031,000. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF by 52.2% in the 2nd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 930,275 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,450,000 after buying an additional 318,928 shares during the period. Finally, Henson Edgewater Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $17,399,000.

About Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF

Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF, formerly Vanguard MSCI Pacific ETF, is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Pacific Stock Index Fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI Pacific Index that consists of common stocks of companies located in Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the MSCI Pacific Index (the Index).