Principle Wealth Partners LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Principle Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 3.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 87,327 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,226 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises approximately 1.6% of Principle Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Principle Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $29,278,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VTI. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $150,448,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 9,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,998,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 17.5% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 238,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,336,000 after purchasing an additional 35,409 shares during the period. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $243,000. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 8.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 22,487 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,834,000 after purchasing an additional 1,680 shares during the period. 28.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

VTI stock opened at $366.79 on Friday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1-year low of $283.00 and a 1-year high of $368.30. The company has a market capitalization of $640.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $342.25 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $338.65.

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. 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.