Empowered Funds LLC Acquires 31,277 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Empowered Funds LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 93.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 64,855 shares of the ETF’s stock after purchasing an additional 31,277 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $20,806,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VTI. Finward Bancorp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Finward Bancorp now owns 841 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $282,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Boyum Wealth Architects LLC increased its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Boyum Wealth Architects LLC now owns 11,653 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $3,969,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 2,387 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $800,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Van Hulzen Asset Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.1% in the fourth quarter. Van Hulzen Asset Management LLC now owns 2,749 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $922,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the period. Finally, Alteri Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Alteri Wealth LLC now owns 1,132 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $380,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

VTI stock opened at $365.99 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $656.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $304.40 and a fifty-two week high of $374.70. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $368.07 and a 200-day moving average of $349.89.

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.