Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Lowers Stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 9.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 80,459 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,307 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $26,975,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in VTI. Evolution Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $29,000. Wealth Watch Advisors INC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Strategic Wealth Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $33,000. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $50,000. Finally, Clear Investment Research LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $51,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.92% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 0.8%

NYSEARCA:VTI opened at $323.24 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $550.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $334.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $333.52. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12-month low of $236.42 and a 12-month high of $344.42.

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.