Prudential PLC Purchases Shares of 143,700 Vanguard Total World Stock ETF $VT

Prudential PLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 143,700 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $20,270,000.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VT. Schroder Investment Management Group grew its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 87.6% in the third quarter. Schroder Investment Management Group now owns 6,918,355 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $950,444,000 after acquiring an additional 3,230,070 shares in the last quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 1,960.2% in the fourth quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,355,843 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $332,858,000 after acquiring an additional 2,241,492 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE grew its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 43.5% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,974,186 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $547,663,000 after acquiring an additional 1,205,105 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 115.3% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,212,732 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $155,861,000 after acquiring an additional 649,466 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TLT Family Holdco ULC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF in the second quarter worth $64,903,000.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VT opened at $158.54 on Friday. Vanguard Total World Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $123.19 and a 52-week high of $159.41. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $149.81 and a 200 day moving average of $145.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $71.74 billion, a PE ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92.

About Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.