Stephens Greth Foundation Purchases New Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Stephens Greth Foundation purchased a new stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 92,270 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $4,960,000. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF accounts for approximately 2.9% of Stephens Greth Foundation’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest holding.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VWO. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $650,661,000 after buying an additional 6,773,228 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.6% in 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 buying an additional 4,319,682 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 74,834,185 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,054,516,000 after buying an additional 3,217,413 shares during the period. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $147,665,000. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 19.6% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 15,303,927 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $829,163,000 after buying an additional 2,503,000 shares during the period. 67.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of VWO stock opened at $60.29 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $122.64 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.59. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $57.15 and a 200 day simple moving average of $56.06. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 1 year low of $46.73 and a 1 year high of $61.03.

About Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF

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.