Sicart Associates LLC Purchases 2,670 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Sicart Associates LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm bought 2,670 shares of the ETF’s stock, valued at approximately $999,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Opulen Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Opulen Financial Group LLC now owns 3,785 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $1,416,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the period. Howard Financial Services LTD. grew its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.3% during the second quarter. Howard Financial Services LTD. now owns 11,079 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $4,100,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the period. Tilia Fiduciary Partners Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.0% during the third quarter. Tilia Fiduciary Partners Inc. now owns 2,847 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $1,065,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the period. Cottage Street Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.6% during the third quarter. Cottage Street Advisors LLC now owns 815 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $305,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Finally, West Branch Capital LLC raised its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 6.2% in the third quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 477 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $179,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares during the period. 28.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTI stock opened at $371.57 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $684.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1 year low of $310.40 and a 1 year high of $385.12. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $377.44 and a 200-day moving average price of $359.22.

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.