Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Sold by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 52.8% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 23,882 shares of the company’s stock after selling 26,728 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $7,837,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 30,685.3% in the 2nd quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 150,330,714 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,690,014,000 after purchasing an additional 149,842,394 shares during the period. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $15,530,622,000. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40,887.2% during the second quarter. Symphony Financial Ltd. Co. now owns 7,376,472 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,242,006,000 after acquiring an additional 7,358,475 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 5.1% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 58,768,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,861,458,000 after purchasing an additional 2,851,931 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 105.0% in the second quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 3,514,970 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,068,305,000 after buying an additional 1,800,000 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

VTI opened at $333.90 on Friday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1-year low of $236.42 and a 1-year high of $344.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $568.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.02. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $338.59 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $328.87.

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.