Verity Asset Management Inc. Has $3.88 Million Stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Verity Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 91.9% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 18,988 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,094 shares during the period. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF comprises about 2.3% of Verity Asset Management Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest position. Verity Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $3,876,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Parker Financial LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 3.2% during the first quarter. Parker Financial LLC now owns 1,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $319,000 after buying an additional 49 shares in the last quarter. Dohj LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 4.7% during the first quarter. Dohj LLC now owns 1,102 shares of the company’s stock valued at $225,000 after acquiring an additional 49 shares during the period. Broadleaf Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 4.1% during the first quarter. Broadleaf Partners LLC now owns 1,280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $261,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Stonebridge Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 20.7% during the 1st quarter. Stonebridge Capital Advisors LLC now owns 291 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Finally, Autumn Glory Partners LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.6% during the first quarter. Autumn Glory Partners LLC now owns 3,349 shares of the company’s stock valued at $684,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Price Performance

Shares of VTI traded up $0.18 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $221.91. The stock had a trading volume of 546,363 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,918,087. The firm has a market cap of $312.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.80 and a beta of 1.02. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a twelve month low of $174.84 and a twelve month high of $228.96. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $222.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $211.93.

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.