Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Cuts Position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO)

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VWO) by 2.0% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 104,097 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,167 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF were worth $4,584,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of VWO. Ifrah Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Ifrah Financial Services Inc. now owns 21,057 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $927,000 after purchasing an additional 502 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 445.1% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 139,244 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,663,000 after buying an additional 113,699 shares during the last quarter. Barings LLC raised its position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 5.3% in the fourth quarter. Barings LLC now owns 175,382 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,724,000 after acquiring an additional 8,787 shares during the period. Retirement Income Solutions Inc purchased a new position in Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $261,000. Finally, State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF by 36.6% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 13,173 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $630,000 after acquiring an additional 3,526 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Stock Down 1.7 %

Shares of VWO stock opened at $45.31 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF has a 12-month low of $40.72 and a 12-month high of $49.57. The company has a 50 day moving average of $45.33 and a 200-day moving average of $45.73. The firm has a market cap of $116.90 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.75 and a beta of 0.69.

Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 25th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 21st were given a dividend of $0.0468 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 21st.

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.