M&T Bank Corp Buys 5,402 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

M&T Bank Corp raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 158.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 8,801 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,402 shares during the quarter. M&T Bank Corp’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $618,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $201,000. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 27.1% in the first quarter. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 77,130 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,415,000 after acquiring an additional 16,446 shares during the period. Sierra Capital LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 0.6% in the first quarter. Sierra Capital LLC now owns 150,760 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,585,000 after acquiring an additional 918 shares during the period. Sharper & Granite LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.1% in the first quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC now owns 42,428 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,979,000 after acquiring an additional 1,274 shares during the period. Finally, Interchange Capital Partners LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 14.0% in the first quarter. Interchange Capital Partners LLC now owns 3,600 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $253,000 after acquiring an additional 441 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Trading Down 1.2%

VGK opened at $76.85 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $76.64 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $71.59. The company has a market cap of $26.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.95. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12-month low of $62.02 and a 12-month high of $78.71.

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.