Bessemer Group Inc. Increases Stock Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Bessemer Group Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 51.3% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 639,136 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 216,833 shares during the quarter. Bessemer Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $53,437,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGK. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 12.6% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 8,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $544,000 after purchasing an additional 961 shares in the last quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $754,000. Millennium Management LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 408.2% in the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 70,791 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,970,000 after purchasing an additional 56,862 shares in the last quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 10.1% in the 2nd quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 8,422 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $653,000 after purchasing an additional 775 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL purchased a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $287,000.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of VGK opened at $85.79 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a twelve month low of $74.24 and a twelve month high of $90.75. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $85.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is $84.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $30.36 billion, a PE ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.85.

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