Investors Purchase Large Volume of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Call Options (NYSEARCA:VTI)

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) saw unusually large options trading on Thursday. Stock traders purchased 5,941 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 329% compared to the average daily volume of 1,385 call options.

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Trading Up 1.7 %

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF stock traded up $4.58 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $281.93. 1,202,379 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,010,694. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF has a 12 month low of $202.44 and a 12 month high of $282.53. The firm has a market cap of $422.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.62 and a beta of 1.02. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $271.49 and a 200 day moving average of $263.71.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 29,053.4% during the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 10,264,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,745,730,000 after acquiring an additional 10,228,821 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 10.3% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 42,938,516 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,159,720,000 after purchasing an additional 4,024,631 shares in the last quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D bought a new position in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF during the second quarter worth about $892,895,000. Morningstar Investment Services LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF by 100.6% during the fourth quarter. Morningstar Investment Services LLC now owns 6,570,620 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,564,661,000 after purchasing an additional 3,294,486 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Balyasny Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $315,867,000.

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.