Banco Santander S.A. Buys 391,380 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Banco Santander S.A. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 500.1% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 469,648 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 391,380 shares during the period. Banco Santander S.A.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $36,398,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VGK. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 12.6% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 8,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $544,000 after acquiring an additional 961 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 37.0% during the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 36,898 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,591,000 after acquiring an additional 9,974 shares in the last quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 51.0% during the first quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 11,013 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $773,000 after acquiring an additional 3,720 shares in the last quarter. Perigon Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the first quarter worth $476,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 9.6% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 14,758 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,036,000 after acquiring an additional 1,293 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK opened at $81.29 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $79.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is $77.01. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12-month low of $62.02 and a 12-month high of $81.46. The firm has a market cap of $28.05 billion, a PE ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.95.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF 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.