Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) Stake Lessened by Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC

Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC lowered its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 6.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,945 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 440 shares during the period. Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $441,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 5,434,940 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $344,956,000 after purchasing an additional 76,585 shares in the last quarter. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $278,088,000. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.4% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,784,133 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $176,709,000 after purchasing an additional 168,536 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 17.2% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,069,231 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $131,334,000 after purchasing an additional 303,380 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.1% in the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,909,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $121,201,000 after purchasing an additional 143,730 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Up 0.7%

VGK opened at $76.77 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $71.27 and a 200-day moving average of $68.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $27.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.18 and a beta of 0.95. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12-month low of $62.02 and a 12-month high of $77.06.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Company 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.