Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) Stock Position Lowered by Safeguard Financial LLC

Safeguard Financial LLC cut its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 16.5% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 20,630 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,088 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF makes up approximately 1.9% of Safeguard Financial LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest holding. Safeguard Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $4,894,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Friedenthal Financial purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Power Corp of Canada purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hoey Investments Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 170.0% during the third quarter. Hoey Investments Inc. now owns 135 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the period. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Finally, LWM Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

VTI traded down $0.71 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $249.18. The stock had a trading volume of 3,465,376 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,311,440. The company has a market capitalization of $373.77 billion, a PE ratio of 23.79 and a beta of 1.02. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a twelve month low of $200.20 and a twelve month high of $261.07. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $253.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $235.86.

About Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

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.