Financial Perspectives Inc Sells 556 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Financial Perspectives Inc lessened its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 7.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,895 shares of the company’s stock after selling 556 shares during the period. Financial Perspectives Inc’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $809,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 518.9% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,059,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $134,316,000 after acquiring an additional 888,536 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.0% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 519,587 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,852,000 after purchasing an additional 42,838 shares in the last quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 405,874 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,790,000 after purchasing an additional 1,142 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 359,979 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,624,000 after buying an additional 8,978 shares in the last quarter. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $37,385,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDE traded up $0.54 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $133.74. 650,484 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 560,714. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.92 billion, a PE ratio of 8.50 and a beta of 0.55. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $127.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $121.42. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $105.51 and a 12 month high of $137.92.

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).