Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Acquired by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 20.7% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 9,900 shares of the ETF’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,700 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $3,176,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,622,049 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $20,995,293,000 after buying an additional 2,291,938 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 18,025,283 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $6,043,337,000 after buying an additional 163,272 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,185,248 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $4,755,888,000 after acquiring an additional 343,136 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,079,780 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $4,720,528,000 after purchasing an additional 277,939 shares during the period. Finally, WealthNavi Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. WealthNavi Inc. now owns 12,935,073 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $4,149,701,000 after acquiring an additional 540,294 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of NYSEARCA VTI opened at $372.42 on Thursday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 52-week low of $304.00 and a 52-week high of $374.70. The firm has a market cap of $667.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $367.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $348.06.

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.