3,512 Shares in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Acquired by Welch Group LLC

Welch Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,512 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $605,000.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.0% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 517,455 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,686,000 after purchasing an additional 20,089 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 17.6% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 493,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,364,000 after purchasing an additional 73,950 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 14.5% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 300,782 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,047,000 after purchasing an additional 38,015 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 43.5% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 229,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,446,000 after purchasing an additional 69,496 shares during the period. Finally, Greenwood Gearhart LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Greenwood Gearhart LLC now owns 181,711 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,443,000 after buying an additional 6,062 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

VDE opened at $187.38 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $11.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.50. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $182.22 and its 200 day moving average is $165.57. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $122.08 and a fifty-two week high of $195.80.

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.