Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) Shares Purchased by Advisors Capital Management LLC

Advisors Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 23.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,340 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,322 shares during the period. Advisors Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $3,576,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in VTI. Seeds Investor LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Seeds Investor LLC now owns 132,805 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,488,000 after purchasing an additional 5,305 shares during the last quarter. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $16,701,000. Townsquare Capital LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 6.5% in the 4th quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 120,583 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,946,000 after buying an additional 7,355 shares during the last quarter. Crux Wealth Advisors acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $3,689,000. Finally, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 591,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $171,553,000 after buying an additional 33,536 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Up 1.7 %

VTI opened at $261.74 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $281.83 and its 200 day moving average price is $288.83. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $236.42 and a fifty-two week high of $303.39. The firm has a market cap of $2.17 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.96 and a beta of 1.03.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were issued a $0.9854 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th.

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.