Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Purchased by Cerity Partners LLC

Cerity Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 9.7% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,876,008 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 165,135 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises 0.9% of Cerity Partners LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 19th largest position. Cerity Partners LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $628,981,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VTI. Ervin Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 121.5% in the 4th quarter. Ervin Investment Management LLC now owns 3,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,230,000 after buying an additional 2,012 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.8% in the 3rd quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 88,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,130,000 after buying an additional 25,715 shares in the last quarter. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 31.7% in the 4th quarter. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 33,831 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,343,000 after buying an additional 8,144 shares in the last quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC now owns 25,652 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,600,000 after buying an additional 1,799 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversified Management Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $5,067,000. 28.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTI stock opened at $364.47 on Tuesday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12-month low of $291.97 and a 12-month high of $374.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $636.81 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $352.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $341.69.

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. 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.