Arete Wealth Advisors LLC Lowers Stock Position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Arete Wealth Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 5.1% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 15,286 shares of the company’s stock after selling 826 shares during the quarter. Arete Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $4,437,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 28,506.5% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 15,408,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,465,407,000 after acquiring an additional 15,354,187 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 27,589.5% during the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 10,742,710 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,113,345,000 after purchasing an additional 10,703,913 shares during the last quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc boosted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 27,958.9% during the fourth quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 7,819,168 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,266,073,000 after purchasing an additional 7,791,301 shares in the last quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 6,581.0% in the fourth quarter. Brooklyn FI LLC now owns 6,826,063 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,992,546,000 after purchasing an additional 6,723,891 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Essential Planning LLC. grew its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 6,100.6% in the fourth quarter. Essential Planning LLC. now owns 3,223,294 shares of the company’s stock valued at $940,012,000 after purchasing an additional 3,171,310 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

VTI stock opened at $277.95 on Thursday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a one year low of $244.57 and a one year high of $303.39. The firm has a market cap of $2.30 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.96 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $289.61 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $290.38.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a dividend of $0.9854 per share. This is a boost from Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th.

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.