Principal Financial Group Inc. Cuts Position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Principal Financial Group Inc. cut its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 3.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 148,150 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,562 shares during the period. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $42,935,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VTI. Channel Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Channel Wealth LLC now owns 2,944 shares of the company’s stock valued at $853,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. Grove Bank & Trust increased its position in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Grove Bank & Trust now owns 4,581 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,328,000 after buying an additional 35 shares during the period. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. Greenwood Capital Associates LLC now owns 2,671 shares of the company’s stock worth $774,000 after purchasing an additional 35 shares during the period. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.9% in the third quarter. Yoder Wealth Management Inc. now owns 4,261 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,207,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the period. Finally, FARMERS & MERCHANTS TRUST Co OF LONG BEACH grew its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. FARMERS & MERCHANTS TRUST Co OF LONG BEACH now owns 6,541 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,896,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the period.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VTI opened at $301.49 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $452.24 billion, a PE ratio of 23.62 and a beta of 1.02. 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $296.43 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $287.99.

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.