Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Purchased by Bridgewater Advisors Inc.

Bridgewater Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 6.4% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 239,288 shares of the ETF’s stock after buying an additional 14,436 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for approximately 4.7% of Bridgewater Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th largest position. Bridgewater Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $76,766,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA VTI opened at $364.80 on Friday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1 year low of $304.40 and a 1 year high of $374.70. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $367.90 and its 200-day moving average is $349.47. The firm has a market capitalization of $653.94 billion, a PE ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01.

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.