Short Interest in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Decreases By 35.2%

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 93,583 shares, a decline of 35.2% from the November 30th total of 144,455 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 553,292 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 553,292 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Energy ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter valued at about $25,000. Mather Group LLC. bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter valued at about $33,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter valued at about $33,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 165.4% in the 1st quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 276 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 172 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Tripletail Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $36,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.4%

VDE opened at $124.51 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $126.07 and a 200-day moving average of $124.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1-year low of $103.07 and a 1-year high of $133.18.

About Vanguard Energy ETF

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are dominated by activities, such as the construction or provision of oil rigs, drilling equipment, and other energy-related service and equipment (such as seismic data collection), or companies engaged in the exploration, production, marketing, refining, and/or transportation of oil and gas products.