Francis Financial Inc. Invests $204,000 in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Francis Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 3,026 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $204,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VGK. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 2.6% during the first quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 6,405 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $431,000 after buying an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 5,596 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $361,000 after buying an additional 196 shares during the last quarter. Financial Advocates Investment Management boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Financial Advocates Investment Management now owns 15,566 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,004,000 after buying an additional 230 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 5.8% during the fourth quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 4,248 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $274,000 after buying an additional 233 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 21.2% during the fourth quarter. Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich now owns 1,359 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $88,000 after buying an additional 238 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VGK opened at $66.77 on Monday. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a fifty-two week low of $55.06 and a fifty-two week high of $70.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.85. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $68.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $66.09.

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.