Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) Short Interest Up 91.3% in January

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 3,248,662 shares, an increase of 91.3% from the December 31st total of 1,697,897 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,338,884 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Approximately 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 3,338,884 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK traded down $0.82 during trading on Friday, reaching $87.50. The company had a trading volume of 7,945,867 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,586,119. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52 week low of $62.02 and a 52 week high of $89.16. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $84.06 and its 200-day moving average price is $80.89. The stock has a market cap of $30.75 billion, a PE ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.93.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.2% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 39,916,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,185,344,000 after buying an additional 1,243,862 shares during the period. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 37.3% in the second quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 8,835,451 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $684,747,000 after acquiring an additional 2,400,165 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Mather Group LLC. now owns 8,695,326 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $727,016,000 after purchasing an additional 214,473 shares in the last quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. now owns 6,294,468 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $526,658,000 after purchasing an additional 40,667 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 5,084,722 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $394,066,000 after purchasing an additional 185,995 shares during the period.

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