Sapient Capital LLC Increases Stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO)

Sapient Capital LLC raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 14.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 17,503 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,237 shares during the period. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $771,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VWO. Hantz Financial Services Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Atwood & Palmer Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $27,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 94.3% in the 3rd quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 583 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 283 shares in the last quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, Capital Performance Advisors LLP purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $42,000.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VWO stock opened at $45.14 on Wednesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $44.69 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $81.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.50 and a beta of 0.80. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $39.91 and a fifty-two week high of $49.57.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Company 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.