Independent Financial Group LLC Takes $1.55 Million Position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Independent Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 28,615 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,547,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 7,261.2% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 96,483,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,186,976,000 after buying an additional 95,173,216 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $386,328,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $650,661,000 after acquiring an additional 6,773,228 shares in the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 10,880.4% during the fourth quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 6,818,703 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $366,573,000 after acquiring an additional 6,756,604 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,373,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares during the last quarter. 67.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VWO opened at $57.84 on Monday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $49.37 and a fifty-two week high of $61.51. The stock has a market cap of $118.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $59.41 and its 200 day simple moving average is $57.47.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.