Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK)

51.82
Data as of Jun 17
 +0.55 / +1.07%
Today’s Change
40.12
Today|||52-Week Range
53.32
+6.10%
Year-to-Date

Investment Objective

The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks issued by companies located in the major markets of Europe. The fund employs an indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the FTSE Developed Europe Index. The FTSE Developed Europe Index is made up of approximately 511 common stocks of companies located in 17 European countries-mostly companies in the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, and Germany.

Performance

1 month-1.59% 3 years+11.50%
3 months+1.53% 5 years-0.75%
1 year+30.35% Since inception+4.10%
Data through 06/15/2013

Quote Details

Previous close$51.27
Open day’s range51.49 – 52.10
Net asset value (NAV)51.27 (06/14/2013)
Daily volume1,601,042
Average volume (3 months)2,062,255
Data as of 4:00pm ET, 06/17/2013

Peer Comparisonvs. Europe stock ETFs

 VGKCategory
Performance 5-yr return-0.75%-4.25%
Expense Gross exp ratio0.12%0.49%
Risk 5 year sharpe ratio0.05-0.01
Net assets$10.6B$1.1B
Average market cap$41.1B$29.4B
Average P/E12.115.0
Dividend / Share--0.59%

Competitors

FEU SPDR STOXX Europe 50
IEV iShares S&P Europe 350 Index Fund
ADRU BLDRS Europe 100 ADR Index

Holdings

Top 5 Sectors
Portfolio weighting
Financial service 20.66%
Industrial materials 19.04%
Consumer goods 16.65%
Energy 11.21%
Healthcare 9.96%
Top 10 Holdings
Portfolio weighting
-- Nestle SA3.16%
-- HSBC Holdings PLC2.66%
-- Novartis AG2.25%
-- Roche Holding AG2.22%
-- Vodafone Group PLC1.90%
-- BP PLC1.81%
-- Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class A1.66%
-- GlaxoSmithKline PLC1.56%
-- Sanofi1.56%
-- British American Tobacco PLC1.41%

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