Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSEARCA:VEU) Sets New 12-Month High – Time to Buy?

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (NYSEARCA:VEU)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The company traded as high as $86.36 and last traded at $86.2670, with a volume of 505191 shares. The stock had previously closed at $85.95.

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF Price Performance

The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $83.81 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $81.46. The firm has a market cap of $69.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.97 and a beta of 0.76.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF by 4.5% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 34,569,513 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,596,170,000 after purchasing an additional 1,478,364 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 17,025,160 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,252,371,000 after buying an additional 354,349 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 8,924,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $656,501,000 after acquiring an additional 228,689 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF by 3.0% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 8,246,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $619,344,000 after acquiring an additional 238,474 shares during the period. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 6,275,046 shares of the company’s stock worth $461,592,000 after acquiring an additional 87,964 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF

Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE All-World ex US Index (the Index). The Index includes approximately 2,200 stocks of companies in 46 countries, from both developed and emerging markets worldwide. The Fund invests in a diversified sampling of stocks in the Index that approximates the Index’s key risk factors and characteristics.