Stuart Investment Advisors Inc. Purchases New Stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Stuart Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 337,854 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $108,387,000. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for approximately 47.3% of Stuart Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Pacific Sage Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 10.3% in the first quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 1,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $480,000 after buying an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 17.8% during the first quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 3,923 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,258,000 after buying an additional 593 shares during the last quarter. SmartHarvest Portfolios LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 6.5% during the first quarter. SmartHarvest Portfolios LLC now owns 4,997 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,603,000 after acquiring an additional 304 shares in the last quarter. MRWM Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.9% during the first quarter. MRWM Advisors LLC now owns 83,720 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,858,000 after acquiring an additional 1,530 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tumwater Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.0% during the first quarter. Tumwater Wealth Management LLC now owns 164,468 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,763,000 after acquiring an additional 1,597 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

VTI opened at $362.22 on Friday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $301.39 and a fifty-two week high of $374.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $632.87 billion, a PE ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. The company’s 50-day moving average is $362.61 and its 200 day moving average is $344.95.

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.