Francis Financial Inc. Buys 2,656 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Francis Financial Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 40.6% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 9,191 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,656 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises approximately 0.9% of Francis Financial Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest holding. Francis Financial Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $2,180,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 860,164.8% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 694,655,186 shares of the company’s stock valued at $132,811,125,000 after purchasing an additional 694,574,437 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 11.0% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 35,233,967 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,484,047,000 after acquiring an additional 3,502,678 shares during the last quarter. Nissay Asset Management Corp Japan ADV bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $435,417,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 62.2% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,611,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $767,214,000 after acquiring an additional 1,384,501 shares in the last quarter. Finally, US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 19,655,122 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,174,945,000 after purchasing an additional 1,092,393 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VTI opened at $259.93 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $366.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.80 and a beta of 1.02. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $249.81 and its 200-day moving average price is $232.21. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a one year low of $198.61 and a one year high of $261.07.

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.