Private Advisor Group LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 3.1% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,175,472 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 35,676 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for 1.8% of Private Advisor Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $377,103,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Heck Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $150,448,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.6% during the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 9,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,998,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 17.5% during the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 238,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,336,000 after purchasing an additional 35,409 shares during the last quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $243,000. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 8.1% in the second quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 22,487 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,834,000 after purchasing an additional 1,680 shares in the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Down 0.1%

NYSEARCA:VTI opened at $368.76 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $654.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a twelve month low of $304.00 and a twelve month high of $374.70. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $364.23 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $345.88.

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.