Principal Securities Inc. Invests $79,000 in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Principal Securities Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,222 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $79,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 5.8% in the fourth quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 4,248 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $274,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares in the last quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 21.2% in the fourth quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 1,359 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $88,000 after purchasing an additional 238 shares in the last quarter. Chicago Capital LLC raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Chicago Capital LLC now owns 20,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,306,000 after purchasing an additional 258 shares in the last quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 35,660 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,299,000 after purchasing an additional 281 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Carson Advisory Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 4.2% in the third quarter. Carson Advisory Inc. now owns 7,139 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $414,000 after purchasing an additional 289 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

VGK stock opened at $69.50 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $20.19 billion, a PE ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.85. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $67.06 and a 200 day simple moving average of $64.55. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52 week low of $55.06 and a 52 week high of $70.31.

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.