Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) Hits New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $140.42 and last traded at $140.44, with a volume of 253194 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $139.40.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Stock Up 0.6%

The company has a fifty day moving average price of $136.48 and a 200-day moving average price of $128.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $56.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.94.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 5.2% during the first quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 11,394 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,321,000 after acquiring an additional 560 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Architects LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 0.5% during the second quarter. Wealth Architects LLC now owns 162,081 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $20,831,000 after acquiring an additional 885 shares during the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $223,000. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 3.7% during the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,338,338 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $172,003,000 after acquiring an additional 47,673 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 18.8% during the second quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 52,094 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,695,000 after acquiring an additional 8,254 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Company Profile

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.