Bessemer Group Inc. Has $17.17 Million Stock Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 13.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 270,457 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 32,450 shares during the quarter. Bessemer Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $17,166,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VGK. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 64.8% during the third quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 5,494 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $391,000 after buying an additional 2,161 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 26.1% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 50,775 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,610,000 after acquiring an additional 10,498 shares during the period. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 9.2% during the 3rd quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 14,607 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,039,000 after purchasing an additional 1,229 shares in the last quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 7.7% during the third quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 16,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,194,000 after purchasing an additional 1,200 shares during the period. Finally, Westside Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF in the third quarter valued at $114,000.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Price Performance

Shares of VGK stock opened at $66.51 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $24.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.12 and a beta of 0.91. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $69.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $67.72. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a one year low of $62.02 and a one year high of $73.72.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 21st were given a dividend of $0.2935 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 21st.

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.