Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Shares Purchased by Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 349.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 67,359 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 52,371 shares during the quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $22,584,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VTI. Ervin Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 121.5% during the fourth quarter. Ervin Investment Management LLC now owns 3,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,230,000 after purchasing an additional 2,012 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.8% during 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 purchasing an additional 25,715 shares during the last quarter. BIP Wealth LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 5.5% during the third quarter. BIP Wealth LLC now owns 325,339 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,767,000 after acquiring an additional 16,994 shares during the period. CNB Bank raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.6% during the third quarter. CNB Bank now owns 8,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,726,000 after acquiring an additional 2,399 shares during the period. Finally, Frazier Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 16.0% during the third quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 39,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,799,000 after acquiring an additional 5,392 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

VTI opened at $352.05 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $615.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $266.25 and a fifty-two week high of $352.37. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $333.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $334.95.

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.