Godsey & Gibb Inc. Invests $28,000 in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Godsey & Gibb Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 399 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $28,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 4th quarter worth $278,088,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.4% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,784,133 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $176,709,000 after buying an additional 168,536 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 17.2% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,069,231 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $131,334,000 after buying an additional 303,380 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.1% during the 4th quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,909,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $121,201,000 after buying an additional 143,730 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Willis Johnson & Associates Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. Willis Johnson & Associates Inc. now owns 1,505,629 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $95,562,000 after buying an additional 44,044 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Trading Up 0.3%

VGK opened at $77.65 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12-month low of $62.02 and a 12-month high of $77.92. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $72.54 and its 200-day simple moving average is $69.33. The company has a market capitalization of $28.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.18 and a beta of 0.94.

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.