40,772 Shares in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Purchased by Ares Financial Consulting LLC

Ares Financial Consulting LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 40,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,670,000. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for about 12.6% of Ares Financial Consulting LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ervin Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 121.5% in the 4th quarter. Ervin Investment Management LLC now owns 3,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,230,000 after purchasing an additional 2,012 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.8% during the 3rd quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 88,766 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,130,000 after buying an additional 25,715 shares in the last quarter. BIP Wealth LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. BIP Wealth LLC now owns 325,339 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,767,000 after buying an additional 16,994 shares in the last quarter. CNB Bank increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.6% during the 3rd quarter. CNB Bank now owns 8,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,726,000 after buying an additional 2,399 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Frazier Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 16.0% during the 3rd quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 39,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,799,000 after buying an additional 5,392 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 0.1%

NYSEARCA:VTI opened at $352.53 on Tuesday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12 month low of $266.25 and a 12 month high of $352.81. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $334.17 and a two-hundred day moving average of $335.11. The firm has a market cap of $615.94 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF 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.