Principal Securities Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Principal Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 1.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 157,844 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,569 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for 0.8% of Principal Securities Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 24th largest position. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $52,920,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Core Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $30,000. Hilton Head Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Wealth Watch Advisors INC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the third quarter worth about $31,000. Basepoint Wealth LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $32,000. Finally, Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the second quarter worth about $33,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTI opened at $364.30 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $354.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is $342.51. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12 month low of $291.97 and a 12 month high of $374.70. The stock has a market cap of $636.51 billion, a PE 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.