Bank of Nova Scotia Grows Stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Bank of Nova Scotia lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 42.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,238,700 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 370,300 shares during the quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia owned about 0.37% of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF worth $95,999,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $1,466,000. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 12.1% during the second quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 31,709 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,457,000 after purchasing an additional 3,416 shares in the last quarter. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the second quarter worth about $287,000. Cresset Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.3% in the 2nd quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 88,665 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,872,000 after purchasing an additional 5,238 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brown Advisory Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 10.1% during the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 8,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $653,000 after purchasing an additional 775 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

VGK stock opened at $82.02 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $28.30 billion, a PE ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.93. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $80.58 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $78.78. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a one year low of $62.02 and a one year high of $82.42.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Company 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.