Kestra Advisory Services LLC Purchases 167,695 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Kestra Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 29.3% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 740,108 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 167,695 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF makes up approximately 0.9% of Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 13th largest holding. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $237,434,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 58,332.8% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 12,270,882 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,114,059,000 after purchasing an additional 12,249,882 shares during the last quarter. Align Financial LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $210,276,000. Narodna banka Slovenska bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,762,447,000. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 208.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 1,997,096 shares of the company’s stock worth $655,190,000 after buying an additional 3,842,502 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,622,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,995,293,000 after buying an additional 2,291,938 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VTI opened at $371.45 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $665.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a one year low of $304.00 and a one year high of $374.70. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $366.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $347.15.

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.