Smith Anglin Financial LLC Grows Stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Smith Anglin Financial LLC raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 4.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 7,646 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 315 shares during the quarter. Smith Anglin Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $485,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Centaurus Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 659.9% during the second quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 18,609 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,243,000 after acquiring an additional 16,160 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 384.0% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 16,198 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,132,000 after acquiring an additional 12,851 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 88.9% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 462,675 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,896,000 after acquiring an additional 217,728 shares during the period. Creative Planning boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.1% in the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 1,001,321 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $66,858,000 after acquiring an additional 57,124 shares during the period. Finally, White Lighthouse Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.8% in the third quarter. White Lighthouse Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,795 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $910,000 after acquiring an additional 224 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Up 1.5 %

Shares of VGK stock opened at $64.33 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $65.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $67.45. The company has a market cap of $18.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52 week low of $61.40 and a 52 week high of $72.08.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 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.