Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Bought by World Investment Advisors

World Investment Advisors raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 48.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 99,246 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 32,601 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $33,274,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VTI. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the second quarter valued at about $29,000. Core Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Wealth Watch Advisors INC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the third quarter worth about $31,000. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $32,000. 28.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $324.19 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $336.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $333.72. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1-year low of $236.42 and a 1-year high of $344.42. The stock has a market cap of $552.06 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.