Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) Short Interest Update

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,520,411 shares, an increase of 99.2% from the March 15th total of 2,771,443 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 5,962,171 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VGK. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 11.7% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,594,011 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,728,505,000 after buying an additional 4,677,424 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 43.3% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,109,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $240,970,000 after buying an additional 939,927 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 66.8% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,851,240 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $143,471,000 after acquiring an additional 741,459 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 155.2% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 867,675 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $67,245,000 after acquiring an additional 527,738 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $38,723,000.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VGK traded up $0.57 during trading on Monday, reaching $87.63. 4,382,241 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,195,133. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 12 month low of $68.22 and a 12 month high of $90.75. The firm has a market cap of $31.01 billion, a PE ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.87. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $85.70 and a 200-day moving average price of $83.54.

About Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

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. The Fund’s investment advisor is The Vanguard Group, Inc