Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Sold by Empirical Finance LLC

Empirical Finance LLC trimmed its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 27.6% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 39,868 shares of the ETF’s stock after selling 15,182 shares during the period. Empirical Finance LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $14,753,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,287,409 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $4,583,544,000 after buying an additional 102,161 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,079,780 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $4,720,528,000 after acquiring an additional 277,939 shares during the period. 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 worth $4,149,701,000 after acquiring an additional 540,294 shares during the period. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 58,332.8% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 12,270,882 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $4,114,059,000 after acquiring an additional 12,249,882 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 9,712,922 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $3,256,451,000 after acquiring an additional 184,429 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock traded down $2.13 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $377.60. 4,160,582 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,534,635. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 52-week low of $310.40 and a 52-week high of $385.12. The company has a fifty day moving average of $374.18 and a 200-day moving average of $357.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $676.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Company 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.