Empowered Funds LLC Acquires 31,277 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Empowered Funds LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 93.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 64,855 shares of the ETF’s stock after buying an additional 31,277 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $20,806,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Core Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $31,000. Wealth Watch Advisors INC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $32,000. Finally, Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $33,000. Institutional investors own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VTI opened at $365.99 on Wednesday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 52-week low of $304.40 and a 52-week high of $374.70. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $368.07 and its 200 day simple moving average is $349.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $656.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01.

About Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

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.