Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Purchases 17,442 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 1.5% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,192,101 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,442 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $64,588,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VWO. Blue Edge Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 2.3% in the third quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 266,499 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $14,439,000 after purchasing an additional 5,896 shares in the last quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 16.7% in the 3rd quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 341,711 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $18,544,000 after buying an additional 48,886 shares during the period. LOM Asset Management Ltd boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 122.5% in the 3rd quarter. LOM Asset Management Ltd now owns 5,340 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $289,000 after buying an additional 2,940 shares during the period. Integrity Advisory Solutions LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $216,000. Finally, Smith Moore & CO. raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Smith Moore & CO. now owns 177,862 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,637,000 after acquiring an additional 734 shares during the period. 67.19% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VWO opened at $54.85 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 1 year low of $39.53 and a 1 year high of $59.09. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $56.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $54.75. The company has a market cap of $107.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.55.

About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

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.