Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI is Cozad Asset Management Inc.’s Largest Position

Cozad Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 1.8% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 124,213 shares of the ETF’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,154 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises 3.1% of Cozad Asset Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its biggest position. Cozad Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $39,849,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VTI. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 58,332.8% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 12,270,882 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $4,114,059,000 after purchasing an additional 12,249,882 shares during the last quarter. Align Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $210,276,000. Narodna banka Slovenska bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $1,762,447,000. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,622,049 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $20,995,293,000 after buying an additional 2,291,938 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SBI Okasan Asset Management Co.Ltd. purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $715,235,000. 28.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VTI opened at $368.21 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $368.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $350.33. The company has a market cap of $660.05 billion, a PE ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 52-week low of $304.40 and a 52-week high of $374.70.

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.