Chesley Taft & Associates LLC Has $3.45 Million Stock Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Chesley Taft & Associates LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 32.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 41,225 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,984 shares during the period. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $3,447,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fluent Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $6,693,000. BFI Infinity Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 205.0% in the 4th quarter. BFI Infinity Ltd. now owns 230,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $19,277,000 after acquiring an additional 450,046 shares in the last quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 29,297 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,450,000 after acquiring an additional 436 shares during the last quarter. Crumly & Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $202,000. Finally, JFS Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 54.5% during the 4th quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,655 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $138,000 after purchasing an additional 584 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGK opened at $79.45 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $27.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.93. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $86.30 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $83.19. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52-week low of $62.02 and a 52-week high of $90.75.

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. The Fund’s investment advisor is The Vanguard Group, Inc