SG Americas Securities LLC Purchases 21,780 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 894.1% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 24,216 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 21,780 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $1,996,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 11.7% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,594,011 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,728,505,000 after acquiring an additional 4,677,424 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 43.3% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,109,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $240,970,000 after purchasing an additional 939,927 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 66.8% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,851,240 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $143,471,000 after purchasing an additional 741,459 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 155.2% in 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 buying an additional 527,738 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $38,723,000.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK opened at $87.77 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $87.88 and a 200-day moving average of $86.42. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.84. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a fifty-two week low of $74.79 and a fifty-two week high of $90.75.

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. The Fund’s investment advisor is The Vanguard Group, Inc