Calamos Advisors LLC Purchases New Shares in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Calamos Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 21,947 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,041,000.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,622,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,995,293,000 after purchasing an additional 2,291,938 shares during the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 18,025,283 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,043,337,000 after purchasing an additional 163,272 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,185,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,755,888,000 after purchasing an additional 343,136 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,079,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,720,528,000 after purchasing an additional 277,939 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WealthNavi Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 4.4% during the first quarter. WealthNavi Inc. now owns 12,935,073 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,149,701,000 after purchasing an additional 540,294 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VTI stock opened at $371.16 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $665.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 52-week low of $304.00 and a 52-week high of $374.70. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $367.14 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $347.83.

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.