Tradewinds LLC. Buys 1,197 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Tradewinds LLC. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 9.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,280 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,197 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF makes up about 1.2% of Tradewinds LLC.’s holdings, making the stock its 24th biggest position. Tradewinds LLC.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $4,275,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VTI. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 9.7% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,003,801 shares of the company’s stock valued at $284,236,000 after buying an additional 88,634 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $407,000. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the third quarter valued at $18,122,000. Benjamin Edwards Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $18,419,000. Finally, Coastwise Capital Group LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $262,000.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VTI opened at $274.84 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.28 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.96 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $290.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $290.48. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 52-week low of $244.57 and a 52-week high of $303.39.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were paid a dividend of $0.9854 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 27th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95.

About Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the of the MSCI US Broad Market Index, which represents 99.5% or more of the total market capitalization of all of the United States common stocks traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market.