Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) Sets New 52-Week High – Still a Buy?

Shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $162.00 and last traded at $161.66, with a volume of 246856 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $160.82.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $79.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $156.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $150.42.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 57.0% in the fourth quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 8,709,296 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,228,533,000 after acquiring an additional 3,161,632 shares in the last quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 1,960.2% during the 4th quarter. New England Private Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,355,843 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $332,858,000 after acquiring an additional 2,241,492 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 69.2% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,369,493 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $742,708,000 after acquiring an additional 2,196,829 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 30.7% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 6,649,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $937,928,000 after purchasing an additional 1,562,614 shares during the period. Finally, Bain Capital Public Equity LP purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total World Stock ETF during the 4th quarter worth $163,094,000.

About Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.