Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) saw a significant drop in short interest in the month of January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 210,977 shares, a drop of 46.4% from the January 15th total of 393,288 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 805,827 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 805,827 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Beacon Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1,631.3% during the second quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 754,276 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,849,000 after purchasing an additional 710,708 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 23,247.2% during the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 353,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,106,000 after buying an additional 351,963 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 11,812.0% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 250,152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,798,000 after buying an additional 248,052 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 5,416.8% during the 4th quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 195,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,675,000 after buying an additional 192,404 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 90.8% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 307,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,578,000 after buying an additional 146,147 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VDE traded up $1.36 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $152.95. 574,376 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 851,692. Vanguard Energy ETF has a twelve month low of $103.07 and a twelve month high of $155.17. The firm has a market cap of $8.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $134.48 and its 200-day moving average price is $127.97.

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.