Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT) Hits New 12-Month High – What’s Next?

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (NYSEARCA:VT)’s stock price hit a new 52-week high on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $157.43 and last traded at $157.32, with a volume of 442205 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $155.57.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Stock Performance

The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $147.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $144.61. The firm has a market cap of $71.12 billion, a PE ratio of 20.34 and a beta of 0.92.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Total World Stock ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Brighton Jones LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 255,365 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $30,000,000 after purchasing an additional 16,344 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $701,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 3.1% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 32,163 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,134,000 after purchasing an additional 960 shares during the last quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 7.9% during the 2nd quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 6,128 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $788,000 after purchasing an additional 449 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF by 29.1% during the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 1,622,119 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $208,475,000 after purchasing an additional 365,201 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total World Stock ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund seeks to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap Index, which covers both well-established and still-developing markets. The Fund invests in both foreign and the United States stocks. The fund offers three classes of shares: Investor Shares, Institutional Shares, and ETF Shares. As of April 30, 2012, the Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, materials, telecommunication services and utilities.