Haverford Trust Co Sells 55,385 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Haverford Trust Co trimmed its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 7.3% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 705,923 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 55,385 shares during the period. Haverford Trust Co owned about 0.24% of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF worth $44,805,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. grew its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 16.5% in the third quarter. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. now owns 79,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,730,000 after purchasing an additional 11,308 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Trust N.A. now owns 9,213 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $655,000 after purchasing an additional 233 shares during the last quarter. Citigroup Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 88.9% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 462,675 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,896,000 after purchasing an additional 217,728 shares in the last quarter. Nwam LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $599,000. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 54.5% during the 3rd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 247,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $17,588,000 after buying an additional 87,286 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK opened at $71.78 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $25.92 billion, a PE ratio of 18.02 and a beta of 0.99. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $69.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $67.84. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a fifty-two week low of $62.58 and a fifty-two week high of $73.72.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.2935 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 21st.

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.