Flputnam Investment Management Co. Increases Position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Flputnam Investment Management Co. raised its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 1.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 152,799 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,554 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF accounts for 0.7% of Flputnam Investment Management Co.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest holding. Flputnam Investment Management Co.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $51,229,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Ervin Investment Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $1,230,000 after buying an additional 2,012 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 40.8% in the 3rd quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 88,766 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,130,000 after buying an additional 25,715 shares in the last quarter. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 31.7% in the 4th quarter. Serenus Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 33,831 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,343,000 after buying an additional 8,144 shares in the last quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC now owns 25,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,600,000 after buying an additional 1,799 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Diversified Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $5,067,000. 28.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock opened at $369.46 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $343.90 and a 200-day simple moving average of $339.17. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12-month low of $286.86 and a 12-month high of $370.24. The stock has a market cap of $645.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01.

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.