Zacks Investment Management Trims Holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Zacks Investment Management reduced its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 1.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 8,236 shares of the company’s stock after selling 126 shares during the period. Zacks Investment Management’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $2,387,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 18.8% during the fourth quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 327,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,914,000 after acquiring an additional 51,856 shares during the last quarter. Everest Management Corp. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the 4th quarter worth $2,353,000. Verisail Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth $458,000. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Iron Gate Global Advisors LLC now owns 14,890 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,315,000 after purchasing an additional 338 shares during the period. Finally, Stonehaven Wealth & Tax Solutions LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $1,677,000.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

VTI opened at $258.75 on Friday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12 month low of $236.42 and a 12 month high of $303.39. The business has a 50-day moving average of $278.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $288.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.15 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.96 and a beta of 1.03.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared 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 positive change 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 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.