Lincoln National Corp Raises Position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF $VGK

Lincoln National Corp grew its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) by 2.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,337,108 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 35,852 shares during the quarter. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF accounts for approximately 3.3% of Lincoln National Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. Lincoln National Corp’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF were worth $111,796,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.2% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 39,916,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,185,344,000 after buying an additional 1,243,862 shares during the last quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan now owns 9,136,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $763,886,000 after purchasing an additional 300,845 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 2.5% during the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 0.7% during the fourth 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 during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.7% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 4,379,766 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $366,192,000 after purchasing an additional 349,648 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Down 0.3%

VGK opened at $88.46 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $85.36 and a 200-day moving average price of $84.88. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a twelve month low of $74.24 and a twelve month high of $90.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04 and a beta of 0.85.

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