Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Increases Stock Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 141.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 24,502 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 14,340 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $3,084,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Gibraltar Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. Gibraltar Capital Management Inc. now owns 10,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,318,000 after buying an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. Modera Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Modera Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,027 shares of the company’s stock worth $759,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares in the last quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,692 shares of the company’s stock worth $321,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 2,470 shares of the company’s stock valued at $294,000 after purchasing an additional 102 shares during the period. Finally, Snowden Capital Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Snowden Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $569,000 after purchasing an additional 102 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Energy ETF stock opened at $146.58 on Friday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $103.07 and a fifty-two week high of $148.73. The stock has a market cap of $8.17 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $131.73 and its 200-day moving average price is $126.71.

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.