Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Purchased by Greenwood Gearhart LLC

Greenwood Gearhart LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 3.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 181,711 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,062 shares during the period. Vanguard Energy ETF makes up 1.7% of Greenwood Gearhart LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 24th largest position. Greenwood Gearhart LLC owned approximately 0.29% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $31,443,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. Brighton Jones LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 18,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,278,000 after purchasing an additional 306 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter worth about $281,000. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.3% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 34,484 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,108,000 after purchasing an additional 438 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd lifted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 2,383.1% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 7,921 shares of the company’s stock worth $944,000 after purchasing an additional 7,602 shares during the period. Finally, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 10.8% in the 2nd quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 9,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,092,000 after buying an additional 890 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of VDE opened at $162.78 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.76 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $159.59 and a 200 day moving average price of $155.73. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $118.17 and a 52-week high of $179.34.

Vanguard Energy ETF Company 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). 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.