Arizona PSPRS Trust Invests $420,000 in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK)

Arizona PSPRS Trust bought a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (NYSEARCA:VGK) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 6,616 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $420,000. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF accounts for about 0.0% of Arizona PSPRS Trust’s holdings, making the stock its 20th biggest position.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VGK. Blue Trust Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 5,434,940 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $344,956,000 after acquiring an additional 76,585 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 6.4% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 2,784,133 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $176,709,000 after purchasing an additional 168,536 shares during the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.1% during the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,909,574 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $121,201,000 after purchasing an additional 143,730 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 8.0% in the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 1,377,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $87,398,000 after purchasing an additional 102,239 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Lincoln National Corp grew its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF by 7.9% during the 4th quarter. Lincoln National Corp now owns 1,347,918 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $85,552,000 after buying an additional 98,335 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Stock Down 6.6 %

VGK stock opened at $65.02 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF has a 52 week low of $62.58 and a 52 week high of $73.72. The company has a market cap of $23.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.12 and a beta of 0.91. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $70.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $67.94.

Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 21st were issued a $0.2935 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 21st.

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.