Jim Saulnier & Associates LLC Buys 6,523 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Jim Saulnier & Associates LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 87.3% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 13,996 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,523 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for about 2.2% of Jim Saulnier & Associates LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. Jim Saulnier & Associates LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $4,490,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $150,448,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.6% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 9,863 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,998,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 17.5% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 238,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,336,000 after purchasing an additional 35,409 shares in the last quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $243,000. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 8.1% during the 2nd quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 22,487 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,834,000 after purchasing an additional 1,680 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Down 0.5%

NYSEARCA VTI opened at $362.22 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $632.87 billion, a PE ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12 month low of $301.39 and a 12 month high of $374.70. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $362.61 and a 200-day moving average of $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.