Alesco Advisors LLC Sells 45,546 Shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VEA)

Alesco Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF (NYSEARCA:VEA) by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 912,963 shares of the company’s stock after selling 45,546 shares during the period. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF comprises about 1.5% of Alesco Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 16th largest position. Alesco Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF were worth $48,214,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VEA. Sageworth Trust Co of South Dakota lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter. Sageworth Trust Co of South Dakota now owns 28,834 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,523,000 after purchasing an additional 1,906 shares during the period. Richard W. Paul & Associates LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter. Richard W. Paul & Associates LLC now owns 16,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $835,000 after buying an additional 924 shares in the last quarter. XML Financial LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 5.9% in the 2nd quarter. XML Financial LLC now owns 4,719 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,000 after buying an additional 262 shares during the period. Tenon Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Tenon Financial LLC now owns 231,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,239,000 after acquiring an additional 5,154 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James & Associates lifted its position in Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 3,978,354 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,610,000 after acquiring an additional 118,792 shares during the period.

Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VEA opened at $49.50 on Friday. Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF has a fifty-two week low of $45.65 and a fifty-two week high of $53.40. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $51.09 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $50.68. The stock has a market cap of $129.69 billion, a PE ratio of 13.32 and a beta of 0.88.

About Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF

The Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VEA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market-cap weighted index of large-, mid- and small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US. VEA was launched on Jul 20, 2007 and is managed by Vanguard.