Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC Sells 2,422 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO)

Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC trimmed its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 114,479 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,422 shares during the quarter. Waters Parkerson & CO. LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $5,010,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Jane Street Group LLC raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 55.3% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 25,653,485 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,071,546,000 after buying an additional 9,130,142 shares in the last quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 228.5% in the 4th quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 9,193,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $377,844,000 after acquiring an additional 6,394,978 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 258.0% during the 1st quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 4,212,007 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $175,936,000 after purchasing an additional 3,035,472 shares during the last quarter. Sei Investments Co. boosted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 28.6% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 12,155,785 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $507,746,000 after purchasing an additional 2,704,910 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morningstar Investment Services LLC grew its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 100.2% in the fourth quarter. Morningstar Investment Services LLC now owns 4,083,747 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $167,393,000 after purchasing an additional 2,043,659 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

VWO stock opened at $45.47 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a one year low of $37.46 and a one year high of $45.72. The firm has a market cap of $82.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.50 and a beta of 0.80. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $44.15 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $43.37.

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.