US Bancorp DE Lowers Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

US Bancorp DE decreased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 4.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 9,032 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 424 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $551,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 107.8% in the fourth quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 4,484,595 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $248,626,000 after purchasing an additional 2,326,066 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $66,446,000. State Street Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 202.2% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,545,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $81,633,000 after acquiring an additional 1,034,072 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $64,318,000. Finally, Elm Partners Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 56.3% during the first quarter. Elm Partners Management LLC now owns 1,654,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $100,849,000 after acquiring an additional 595,771 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK opened at $60.01 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $61.63 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $61.37. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.99 and a fifty-two week high of $63.81. The company has a market capitalization of $18.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.10 and a beta of 0.95.

About Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

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.