IFP Advisors Inc Sells 1,139 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

IFP Advisors Inc trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 46.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,297 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,139 shares during the period. IFP Advisors Inc’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $155,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of VDE. Brown Advisory Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 37.6% in the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 2,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $346,000 after purchasing an additional 729 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 13,452 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,745,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 23,806 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,088,000 after buying an additional 2,077 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.1% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 617,960 shares of the company’s stock valued at $80,156,000 after buying an additional 6,449 shares during the period. Finally, Sowell Financial Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the first quarter valued at about $231,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VDE opened at $121.36 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $124.08 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $119.87. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $103.07 and a 1 year high of $137.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $6.97 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 1.39.

Vanguard Energy ETF 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).