Checchi Capital Advisers LLC Has $5.96 Million Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Checchi Capital Advisers LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 1,860.5% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 72,244 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 68,559 shares during the quarter. Checchi Capital Advisers LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $5,955,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 11.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,594,011 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,728,505,000 after buying an additional 4,677,424 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 43.3% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,109,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $240,970,000 after acquiring an additional 939,927 shares during the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp lifted its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 17,392.2% in the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 864,989 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $71,301,000 after acquiring an additional 860,044 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 66.8% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,851,240 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $143,471,000 after acquiring an additional 741,459 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 155.2% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 867,675 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,245,000 after purchasing an additional 527,738 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VGK opened at $88.30 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $88.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $86.77. The firm has a market capitalization of $29.92 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.84. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52 week low of $74.79 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