Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI is Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk LLC’s 2nd Largest Position

Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 19.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 23,814 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,892 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF makes up approximately 6.4% of Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Shepherd Kaplan Krochuk LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $7,815,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $29,000. Wealth Watch Advisors INC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the third quarter valued at $31,000. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the second quarter valued at $33,000. Anfield Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the second quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, Clear Investment Research LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the third quarter valued at $51,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $326.13 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $338.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $333.19. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $236.42 and a fifty-two week high of $344.42. The company has a market cap of $555.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.02.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Profile

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.