Kestra Advisory Services LLC Raises Position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Kestra Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 29.3% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 740,108 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 167,695 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF makes up about 0.9% of Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 13th largest holding. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $237,434,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its holdings 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 company’s stock valued at $4,114,059,000 after acquiring an additional 12,249,882 shares in the last quarter. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $210,276,000. Narodna banka Slovenska purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the first quarter worth about $1,762,447,000. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 208.2% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 1,997,096 shares of the company’s stock worth $655,190,000 after purchasing an additional 3,842,502 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.8% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 62,622,049 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,995,293,000 after purchasing an additional 2,291,938 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTI opened at $371.45 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $366.10 and its 200 day simple moving average is $347.15. The company has a market capitalization of $665.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1-year low of $304.00 and a 1-year 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.