773,813 Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Bought by GoalVest Advisory LLC

GoalVest Advisory LLC raised its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 2,137.7% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 810,011 shares of the ETF’s stock after purchasing an additional 773,813 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for approximately 15.5% of GoalVest Advisory LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. GoalVest Advisory LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $303,139,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VTI. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $31,000. Matrix Private Capital Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $46,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 45.0% during the first quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 145 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $47,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Allied Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the second quarter worth $63,000. Finally, Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the first quarter worth $62,000. 28.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VTI traded up $3.11 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $378.29. The company had a trading volume of 1,619,838 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,390,728. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $376.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $362.67. The company has a market capitalization of $690.53 billion, a PE ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 52 week low of $310.40 and a 52 week 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.