AQR Capital Management LLC Has $5.54 Million Position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 122.9% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 122,480 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 67,527 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $5,543,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Amundi boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 14.8% in the 1st quarter. Amundi now owns 361,661 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $16,141,000 after purchasing an additional 46,628 shares in the last quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec now owns 42,949 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,944,000 after purchasing an additional 252 shares in the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 13.6% in the 1st quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,412,696 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $244,979,000 after buying an additional 649,981 shares during the last quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 6.9% in the 1st quarter. First Manhattan CO. LLC. now owns 104,435 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,727,000 after buying an additional 6,711 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Obsido Oy bought a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $7,183,000. 67.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VWO opened at $53.48 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $51.03 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.89. The firm has a market cap of $98.97 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.69. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 1 year low of $39.53 and a 1 year high of $53.60.

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.