Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. Acquires 174 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 21.2% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 994 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 174 shares during the quarter. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $63,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of VGK. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 5,434,940 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $344,956,000 after buying an additional 76,585 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,784,133 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $176,709,000 after purchasing an additional 168,536 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,909,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $121,201,000 after purchasing an additional 143,730 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.0% during the fourth quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 1,377,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $87,398,000 after purchasing an additional 102,239 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lincoln National Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 7.9% during the 4th quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 1,347,918 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,552,000 after purchasing an additional 98,335 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGK stock opened at $70.62 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $70.23 and its 200 day moving average price is $67.96. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 1-year low of $62.58 and a 1-year high of $73.72. The company has a market cap of $25.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.12 and a beta of 0.91.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 21st were issued a dividend of $0.2935 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 21st.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 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.