HighTower Advisors LLC Acquires 12,779 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

HighTower Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,250,580 shares of the ETF’s stock after acquiring an additional 12,779 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises about 0.8% of HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 28th largest position. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $832,805,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. January Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 74.5% in the second quarter. January Capital Advisors LLC now owns 1,639 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $606,000 after purchasing an additional 700 shares during the last quarter. Financial Insights Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. Financial Insights Inc. now owns 9,035 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $3,343,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Serenity Investment Advisors raised its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 16.7% during the 2nd quarter. Serenity Investment Advisors now owns 1,840 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $693,000 after purchasing an additional 263 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.6% during the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Services Inc. now owns 8,911 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $3,297,000 after buying an additional 313 shares during the period. Finally, DMC Group LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $794,000. 28.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VTI opened at $379.73 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $680.70 billion, a PE ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $373.93 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $357.29. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12 month low of $310.40 and a 12 month high of $385.12.

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.