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VT
NYSE · VTI
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Financial Services · Asset Management
$379.04
Down-$3.09 (-0.81%)
Updated Aug 19, 2026, 2:50 AM
SID Score
7.1/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
59/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 278.12B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 0.99%
- 52-week range
- $310.40 – $385.12
- Volume
- 3.84M
- Avg. volume
- 4.04M
Price performance
VTI price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
VTI closed at $379.04 after 21 trading sessions, up 2.60% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $379.04
- Period change
- +2.60%
- Period low
- $360.42
- Period high
- $384.30
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | $380.10 | $380.4865 | $378.90 | $379.04 | 3.84M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $383.76 | $384.05 | $382.01 | $382.13 | 3.53M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $384.67 | $384.90 | $383.33 | $383.85 | 2.31M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $383.03 | $385.1199 | $382.64 | $384.30 | 2.32M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $382.75 | $382.82 | $381.13 | $381.83 | 2.8M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $382.51 | $382.60 | $380.19 | $380.65 | 3.9M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $381.63 | $382.66 | $381.10 | $381.63 | 5.17M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $380.69 | $382.0709 | $379.93 | $381.78 | 2.32M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $379.82 | $380.94 | $378.64 | $379.07 | 3.09M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $382.82 | $383.29 | $379.56 | $379.65 | 2.84M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $375.35 | $381.74 | $375.30 | $380.82 | 3.3M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $369.50 | $374.26 | $369.00 | $373.84 | 3.43M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $367.80 | $369.3376 | $363.95 | $368.21 | 3.2M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $363.81 | $366.58 | $362.64 | $366.27 | 2.88M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $365.59 | $366.88 | $360.20 | $360.42 | 4.15M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $365.02 | $366.8993 | $363.55 | $365.99 | 2.64M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $367.68 | $368.32 | $363.61 | $365.18 | 2.87M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $364.90 | $367.30 | $364.1014 | $364.80 | 2.61M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $365.13 | $366.76 | $363.10 | $364.69 | 3.28M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $368.81 | $370.159 | $368.57 | $368.87 | 2.39M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $368.15 | $369.85 | $367.3401 | $369.45 | 2.14M |
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VTI research
Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable U.S. stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key characteristics.
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Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Stock Performance
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) has delivered strong performance across multiple timeframes, trading at $382.13 per share. Per SID market data, the fund has gained 21.29% over the trailing twelve months, reflecting broad U.S. equity market strength. On shorter horizons, VTI has returned 4.48% over three months and 3.58% over the past month. The ETF currently trades above both key moving averages, sitting 3.27% above its 50-day moving average of $370.04 and 9.86% above its 200-day moving average of $347.83, according to Massive/Polygon data. The 14-day RSI stands at 75.6, placing the fund in overbought territory above the conventional 70 threshold. VTI maintains robust liquidity with an average daily trading volume of approximately 4.04 million shares. The fund's beta of 1.04 indicates near-perfect correlation with the broader market, consistent with its total market mandate.
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Valuation Analysis
As a broad-market index ETF classified under the Financial Services sector, VTI provides exposure to the entire U.S. equity market across all capitalizations. Per SID market data, the fund currently carries a market capitalization of approximately $278.1 billion, making it one of the largest ETFs by assets. VTI offers a dividend yield of 1.1%, reflecting the aggregate dividend output of its underlying holdings across thousands of U.S.-listed companies. Traditional single-stock valuation metrics such as price-to-earnings and price-to-book ratios are best assessed at the portfolio level rather than at the fund level. According to SEC filings, VTI's structure as a passively managed index fund ensures minimal tracking error relative to the CRSP US Total Market Index. The fund's current price of $382.13 represents a 21.29% appreciation over the past year, suggesting elevated aggregate equity valuations across the domestic market landscape.
Smart Money Activity for VTI
VTI's composite smart money score stands at 59 out of 100, generating a neutral signal according to SID market data. The institutional component registers a perfect score of 25 out of 25, reflecting maximal institutional participation and confidence in the fund as a core portfolio holding. This aligns with VTI's role as a primary equity allocation vehicle for advisors and large asset managers. The congressional trading component scores 12.8 out of 25, indicating moderate activity among congressional members tracked through required disclosure filings. The insider activity metric scores 12.5 out of 25, though insider transactions carry less analytical weight for an ETF structure compared to individual equities. According to 13F institutional filings, the dark pool activity component registers at 8.5 out of 25, suggesting relatively lower off-exchange block trading activity. The divergence between the perfect institutional score and the below-average dark pool score creates a mixed composite reading that supports the overall neutral classification.
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Earnings Outlook
As a passively managed exchange-traded fund, VTI does not report corporate earnings in the traditional sense, and no recent earnings data is available per company earnings reports. The fund's financial performance is instead derived from the aggregate earnings of its thousands of underlying holdings spanning the entire U.S. stock market. VTI's trailing twelve-month return of 21.29% reflects the collective earnings growth and multiple expansion across its constituent companies, according to SID market data. The fund distributes income quarterly, currently yielding 1.1% on an annualized basis. Investors monitoring VTI's fundamental trajectory should track the earnings reports of its largest underlying positions, which include mega-cap technology and growth companies that disproportionately influence the fund's net asset value. The fund's market capitalization of approximately $278.1 billion underscores sustained investor inflows, suggesting continued confidence in U.S. corporate earnings growth broadly.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for VTI
Wall Street analyst coverage of VTI differs fundamentally from individual stock coverage, as the fund represents a total market index vehicle rather than a single corporate entity. No individual analyst consensus price target or rating data is available for VTI per SID consensus data. The fund's investment case rests on its broad market exposure rather than company-specific analysis. Per SID market data, VTI's beta of 1.04 confirms its near-perfect market tracking, meaning analyst sentiment toward the overall U.S. equity market serves as the most relevant directional indicator. The fund's 50-day moving average of $370.04 and 200-day moving average of $347.83 are both below the current price of $382.13, a technical configuration that market strategists generally associate with positive momentum. According to Wall Street analyst reports, the fund's cost-efficient total market approach continues to attract significant capital flows, with average daily volume exceeding 4.03 million shares demonstrating deep secondary market liquidity.
