Brookstone Capital Management Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF $VTI

Brookstone Capital Management increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) by 69.0% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 92,410 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 37,723 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management’s holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF were worth $29,646,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Heck Capital Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $150,448,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 0.6% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 9,863 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,998,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 17.5% in the second quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 238,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,336,000 after purchasing an additional 35,409 shares during the period. Darwin Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $243,000. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 8.1% in the second quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 22,487 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,834,000 after purchasing an additional 1,680 shares during the last quarter. 28.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Down 0.3%

VTI stock opened at $368.81 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $644.39 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.26 and a beta of 1.01. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a twelve month low of $291.97 and a twelve month high of $374.70. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $360.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $344.26.

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. The Fund typically holds the largest 1,200 to 1,300 stocks in its target index (covering nearly 95% of the index’s total market capitalization) and a representative sample of the remaining stocks.