Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Reduces Stock Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC decreased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 91.7% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,552 shares of the company’s stock after selling 39,273 shares during the quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $447,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $25,000. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth about $33,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth about $33,000. Westside Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 106.3% during the second quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 293 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the period. Finally, Tripletail Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $36,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Energy ETF stock opened at $152.95 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $134.48 and a 200-day simple moving average of $128.02. The stock has a market cap of $8.53 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 $155.17.

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.