Optas LLC Raises Holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Optas LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 36.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 113,995 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 30,647 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF makes up approximately 6.3% of Optas LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Optas LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $37,410,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $26,000. Toth Financial Advisory Corp acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $27,000. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 165.7% during the second quarter. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. now owns 93 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the second quarter worth $29,000. Finally, Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the second quarter worth $33,000. 28.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 0.3%

VTI opened at $338.72 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $332.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $320.65. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1-year low of $236.42 and a 1-year high of $339.94. The company has a market cap of $564.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.02.

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.