Franklin Resources Inc. Purchases 12,851 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 384.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 16,198 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,851 shares during the quarter. Franklin Resources Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $1,132,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Centaurus Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 659.9% in the second quarter. Centaurus Financial Inc. now owns 18,609 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,243,000 after acquiring an additional 16,160 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 88.9% in the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 462,675 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $32,896,000 after purchasing an additional 217,728 shares during the last quarter. Creative Planning grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.1% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 1,001,321 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $66,858,000 after purchasing an additional 57,124 shares during the period. White Lighthouse Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. White Lighthouse Investment Management Inc. now owns 12,795 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $910,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares during the period. Finally, Angeles Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.0% in the second quarter. Angeles Wealth Management LLC now owns 381,040 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $25,442,000 after buying an additional 3,673 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK opened at $63.88 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $66.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $67.82. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.56 billion, a PE ratio of 14.09 and a beta of 0.85. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a one year low of $61.40 and a one year high of $72.08.

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.