D.A. Davidson & CO. Buys 101,075 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

D.A. Davidson & CO. boosted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 5.4% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,981,688 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 101,075 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $107,110,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 117,534,933 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,318,678,000 after buying an additional 3,367,569 shares during the last quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 7,261.2% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 96,483,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,186,976,000 after acquiring an additional 95,173,216 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,373,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 78,224,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,205,358,000 after acquiring an additional 3,390,486 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.7% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 53,912,443 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,898,333,000 after acquiring an additional 2,927,985 shares during the period. 67.19% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Up 0.7%

NYSEARCA VWO opened at $59.48 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $122.12 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $59.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $57.41. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 52 week low of $49.37 and a 52 week high of $61.51.

About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index, that measures the return of stocks issued by companies located in emerging market countries.