Sapient Capital LLC Sells 9,525 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Sapient Capital LLC lowered its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 11.0% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 77,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 9,525 shares during the quarter. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $4,178,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 23.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 144,806,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,826,778,000 after buying an additional 27,271,317 shares during the last quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 7,261.2% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 96,483,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,186,976,000 after acquiring an additional 95,173,216 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 81,373,362 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,374,632,000 after acquiring an additional 4,319,682 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 78,224,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,205,358,000 after purchasing an additional 3,390,486 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 53,912,443 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,898,333,000 after purchasing an additional 2,927,985 shares during the period. 67.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VWO opened at $59.06 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $121.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.60. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 12-month low of $49.87 and a 12-month high of $61.51. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $59.22 and a 200 day simple moving average of $57.72.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

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.