Fund Evaluation Group LLC Purchases New Position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Fund Evaluation Group LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor acquired 2,304 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $668,000.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VTI. Walled Lake Planning & Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Walled Lake Planning & Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $835,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $620,000. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 346,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $101,174,000 after purchasing an additional 1,069 shares during the period. IPG Investment Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $286,000. Finally, Stage Harbor Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 93.3% during the 4th quarter. Stage Harbor Financial LLC now owns 1,510 shares of the company’s stock worth $438,000 after purchasing an additional 729 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Down 2.0 %

Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $273.43 on Friday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12 month low of $244.57 and a 12 month high of $303.39. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $290.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $290.36. The firm has a market cap of $2.27 trillion, a P/E ratio of 24.31 and a beta of 1.04.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th will be issued a $0.9854 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 27th. This is a positive change from Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95.

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.