Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. Reduces Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 4.2% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 251,642 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 10,997 shares during the period. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $15,021,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VWO. Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 7,261.2% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 96,483,932 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,186,976,000 after acquiring an additional 95,173,216 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 23.2% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 144,806,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,826,778,000 after purchasing an additional 27,271,317 shares during the last quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $386,328,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 13,246,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $650,661,000 after purchasing an additional 6,773,228 shares during the last quarter. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 10,880.4% during the 4th quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 6,818,703 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $366,573,000 after purchasing an additional 6,756,604 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VWO opened at $60.79 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $59.41 and a 200-day simple moving average of $58.20. The company has a market cap of $124.81 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.60. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 12 month low of $51.01 and a 12 month high of $61.51.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Profile

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.