Claris Financial LLC Makes New $1.68 Million Investment in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Claris Financial LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 5,019 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,683,000. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for 0.9% of Claris Financial LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 20th largest position.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VTI. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $210,276,000. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 208.2% in the 3rd quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 1,997,096 shares of the company’s stock valued at $655,190,000 after acquiring an additional 3,842,502 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.8% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,622,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,995,293,000 after acquiring an additional 2,291,938 shares during the last quarter. SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $715,235,000. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 122.5% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,520,364 shares of the company’s stock valued at $766,014,000 after acquiring an additional 1,387,750 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 1.2%

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $369.99 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $359.38 and a two-hundred day moving average of $343.77. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a twelve month low of $291.97 and a twelve month high of $374.70. The stock has a market capitalization of $646.45 billion, a price-to-earnings 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.