Estate Counselors LLC Cuts Stock Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Estate Counselors LLC decreased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 26.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 82,989 shares of the company’s stock after selling 30,431 shares during the period. Vanguard Energy ETF comprises 1.3% of Estate Counselors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Estate Counselors LLC owned approximately 0.13% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $14,360,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 23,247.2% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 353,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,106,000 after acquiring an additional 351,963 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 5,416.8% during the fourth quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 195,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,675,000 after purchasing an additional 192,404 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 90.8% during the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 307,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,578,000 after purchasing an additional 146,147 shares in the last quarter. Polianta Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $9,551,000. Finally, Guardian Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,687,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VDE stock opened at $164.52 on Tuesday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $118.17 and a fifty-two week high of $179.34. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $159.65 and a 200 day moving average price of $157.36. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43.

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.