Banco Santander S.A. Grows Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Banco Santander S.A. boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 7.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 739,200 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 50,091 shares during the quarter. Banco Santander S.A.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $39,739,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VWO. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% in the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $650,661,000 after purchasing an additional 6,773,228 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,373,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,374,632,000 after purchasing an additional 4,319,682 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 78,224,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,205,358,000 after purchasing an additional 3,390,486 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $147,665,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 19.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 15,303,927 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $829,163,000 after purchasing an additional 2,503,000 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Price Performance

VWO stock opened at $59.55 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $58.55 and a 200 day moving average price of $56.47. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 12 month low of $47.46 and a 12 month high of $61.35. The company has a market cap of $121.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

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.