Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) Short Interest Update

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,520,411 shares, an increase of 99.2% from the March 15th total of 2,771,443 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 5,962,171 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days. Currently, 1.6% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 11.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 44,594,011 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,728,505,000 after acquiring an additional 4,677,424 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 43.3% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 3,109,288 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $240,970,000 after acquiring an additional 939,927 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 66.8% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,851,240 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $143,471,000 after acquiring an additional 741,459 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 155.2% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 867,675 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $67,245,000 after acquiring an additional 527,738 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $38,723,000.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of NYSEARCA VGK traded up $0.79 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $88.43. 1,543,764 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,173,001. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $85.69 and its 200 day moving average price is $83.61. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a twelve month low of $68.97 and a twelve month high of $90.75. The company has a market capitalization of $31.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.87.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Company 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. The Fund’s investment advisor is The Vanguard Group, Inc