Cannell & Spears LLC Increases Stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Cannell & Spears LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 8.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 16,712 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,245 shares during the quarter. Cannell & Spears LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $4,843,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 5.7% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 53,720,848 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,568,838,000 after buying an additional 2,913,657 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 28,506.5% during the fourth 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 during the period. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 27,589.5% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 10,742,710 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,113,345,000 after acquiring an additional 10,703,913 shares during the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,873,807 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,179,547,000 after purchasing an additional 39,815 shares during the period. Finally, Life Planning Partners Inc lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 27,958.9% in the 4th 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.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VTI opened at $274.84 on Tuesday. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a one year low of $244.57 and a one year high of $303.39. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $290.53 and its 200 day moving average price is $290.48. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.28 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.31 and a beta of 1.04.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 27th were issued 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 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.