Choate Investment Advisors Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Choate Investment Advisors lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 17.8% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 168,906 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 25,549 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises about 1.1% of Choate Investment Advisors’ holdings, making the stock its 14th largest position. Choate Investment Advisors’ holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $56,629,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Ervin Investment Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 121.5% in the fourth quarter. Ervin Investment Management LLC now owns 3,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,230,000 after acquiring an additional 2,012 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.8% in the third quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 88,766 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,130,000 after acquiring an additional 25,715 shares during the last quarter. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 31.7% in the fourth quarter. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 33,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,343,000 after acquiring an additional 8,144 shares during the last quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC now owns 25,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,600,000 after acquiring an additional 1,799 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Frazier Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 16.0% in the third quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 39,001 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,799,000 after acquiring an additional 5,392 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTI opened at $366.79 on Monday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1-year low of $283.00 and a 1-year high of $368.30. The stock has a market cap of $640.86 billion, a PE ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $342.25 and a 200 day moving average price of $338.67.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Company Profile

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.