Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Sold by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 17.2% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 202,684 shares of the company’s stock after selling 42,171 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $25,522,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Sherry Group Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $366,000. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 30.9% in the 4th quarter. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,492 shares of the company’s stock valued at $440,000 after purchasing an additional 825 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $3,242,000. Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 29.0% in the 4th quarter. Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,394 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,309,000 after purchasing an additional 2,338 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Western Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 17.5% during the 4th quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,399 shares of the company’s stock worth $554,000 after purchasing an additional 654 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of VDE stock opened at $168.02 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $165.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $146.82. The company has a market cap of $10.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $113.20 and a 12 month 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.