Rakuten Securities Inc. Buys 2,693 Shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Rakuten Securities Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 43.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 8,904 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,693 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF makes up about 1.0% of Rakuten Securities Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest holding. Rakuten Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $2,580,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 9.0% during the fourth quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 257,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,720,000 after acquiring an additional 21,258 shares in the last quarter. Essential Planning LLC. increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 6,100.6% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC now owns 43,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,476,000 after purchasing an additional 914 shares in the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1,500.0% during the 4th quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hopwood Financial Services Inc. bought a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $2,566,000.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VTI opened at $273.69 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $2.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 25.79 and a beta of 1.03. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $244.57 and a fifty-two week high of $303.39. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $294.37 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $290.05.

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.