Manning & Napier Advisors LLC Raises Stock Holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF $VWO

Manning & Napier Advisors LLC grew its stake in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 17.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 593,841 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 89,242 shares during the quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $35,446,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 23.2% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 144,806,250 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,826,778,000 after purchasing an additional 27,271,317 shares during the last quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 7,261.2% in 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 buying an additional 95,173,216 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position 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 last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 78,224,671 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,205,358,000 after buying an additional 3,390,486 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.7% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 53,912,443 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,898,333,000 after buying an additional 2,927,985 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 67.19% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Performance

VWO stock opened at $59.97 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $123.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.08 and a beta of 0.60. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a one year low of $51.01 and a one year high of $61.51. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $59.38 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $58.09.

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.