Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI is Prentice Wealth Management LLC’s 2nd Largest Position

Prentice Wealth Management LLC lessened its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 41.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 122,977 shares of the company’s stock after selling 87,242 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises approximately 8.9% of Prentice Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Prentice Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $39,452,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VTI. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $150,448,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 9,863 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,998,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 17.5% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 238,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,336,000 after acquiring an additional 35,409 shares during the period. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $243,000. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 8.1% in 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $363.70 on Wednesday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a one year low of $297.94 and a one year high of $374.70. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $361.35 and its 200 day moving average is $344.45. The stock has a market cap of $635.46 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01.

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.