Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI Stock: Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd Increases Holdings

Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 646.4% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 224,610 shares of the ETF’s stock after buying an additional 194,517 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $84,058,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Howard Financial Services LTD. raised its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Howard Financial Services LTD. now owns 11,079 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $4,100,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Tilia Fiduciary Partners Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.0% in the third quarter. Tilia Fiduciary Partners Inc. now owns 2,847 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $1,065,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the period. Cottage Street Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.6% in the third quarter. Cottage Street Advisors LLC now owns 815 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $305,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the period. OceanIQ Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.4% in the third quarter. OceanIQ Capital LLC now owns 2,108 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $804,000 after purchasing an additional 29 shares during the period. Finally, Nilsine Partners LLC grew its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. Nilsine Partners LLC now owns 3,193 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $1,181,000 after buying an additional 30 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VTI opened at $377.09 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $694.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $378.20 and its 200 day moving average price is $367.86. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 1-year low of $310.40 and a 1-year high of $385.12.

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.