Vanguard International Equity Index Funds - Vanguard European ETF is an open-end management investment company, or mutual fund. The Fund is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard European Stock Index Fund. It 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 a passive management or indexing investment approach by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the common stocks included in the MSCI Europe Index (the Index). As of Oct 31 2013, the Fund's investments portfolio was valued at $17,784,996,000. We show 44 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of VGK's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of VGK shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like VGK versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching VGK by allowing them to research VGK shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
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