19,800 Shares in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO Purchased by Rydar Equities Inc.

Rydar Equities Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm bought 19,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $974,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VWO. Wit LLC lifted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 103,498.2% during the first quarter. Wit LLC now owns 34,426,724 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,558,154,000 after buying an additional 34,393,493 shares during the period. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5,742.6% in the 1st quarter. New Vernon Capital Holdings II LLC now owns 8,864,578 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $401,211,000 after buying an additional 8,712,854 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 104.6% in 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 acquiring an additional 6,773,228 shares in the last quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4,672.3% during the 2nd quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 3,304,750 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $163,453,000 after acquiring an additional 3,235,502 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% during the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 74,185,538 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,669,217,000 after acquiring an additional 3,194,696 shares in the last quarter. 67.19% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VWO opened at $53.94 on Monday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $39.53 and a fifty-two week high of $56.04. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $54.47 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $52.11. The stock has a market cap of $102.00 billion, a PE ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.55.

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.