Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Sells 612 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 2.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 21,941 shares of the company’s stock after selling 612 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $2,846,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 18,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,278,000 after purchasing an additional 306 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,870 shares of the company’s stock worth $348,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 53.7% during the 4th quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 3,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $438,000 after acquiring an additional 1,262 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 35.6% during the fourth quarter. Exchange Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,122 shares of the company’s stock valued at $379,000 after acquiring an additional 819 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kovack Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $353,000 after acquiring an additional 209 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 1.1%

NYSEARCA VDE opened at $120.31 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $116.66 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $121.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.82 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.79. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12-month low of $103.07 and a 12-month high of $137.41.

Vanguard Energy ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Energy ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Energy Index Fund. The Fund employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) US Investable Market Energy Index (the Index), an index of stocks of large, medium and small United States companies in the energy sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).