Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Acquired by Principal Securities Inc.

Principal Securities Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 1.7% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 157,844 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,569 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises approximately 0.8% of Principal Securities Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest holding. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $52,920,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VTI. Ervin Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 121.5% during the 4th quarter. Ervin Investment Management LLC now owns 3,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,230,000 after purchasing an additional 2,012 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.8% during the 3rd quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 88,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,130,000 after purchasing an additional 25,715 shares during the period. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 31.7% during the 4th quarter. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 33,831 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,343,000 after purchasing an additional 8,144 shares during the period. Rolek Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC now owns 25,652 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,600,000 after purchasing an additional 1,799 shares during the period. Finally, Diversified Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $5,067,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 1.7%

Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $364.30 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $354.91 and its 200-day simple moving average is $342.51. The stock has a market capitalization of $636.51 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a twelve month low of $291.97 and a twelve month high of $374.70.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Profile

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. The Fund typically holds the largest 1,200 to 1,300 stocks in its target index (covering nearly 95% of the index’s total market capitalization) and a representative sample of the remaining stocks.