Hershey Financial Advisers LLC Makes New Investment in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Hershey Financial Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 9,911 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,181,000.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.0% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 860,760 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,534,000 after acquiring an additional 71,067 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.2% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 409,109 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,067,000 after purchasing an additional 4,839 shares during the last quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.5% in the first quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC now owns 386,629 shares of the company’s stock valued at $50,150,000 after purchasing an additional 16,693 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 23,247.2% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 353,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,106,000 after buying an additional 351,963 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SCS Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.7% during the 2nd quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 344,174 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,998,000 after buying an additional 9,149 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $128.30 on Friday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $103.07 and a 52-week high of $133.18. The company has a market cap of $7.37 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $125.78 and its 200-day moving average is $123.50.

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).