Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Purchases 72,819 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 562.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 85,771 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 72,819 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $4,611,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $650,661,000 after buying an additional 6,773,228 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,373,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 74,834,185 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,054,516,000 after acquiring an additional 3,217,413 shares during the period. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the third quarter worth $147,665,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 19.6% during 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 buying an additional 2,503,000 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF stock opened at $59.39 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $56.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $55.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $120.81 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a one year low of $46.73 and a one year high of $61.03.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Company 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.