16,842 Shares in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Bought by World Investment Advisors

World Investment Advisors purchased a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 16,842 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,043,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in VDE. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 31.4% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 6,373 shares of the company’s stock valued at $773,000 after acquiring an additional 1,524 shares during the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 24.9% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,918 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,000 after purchasing an additional 382 shares during the period. Center for Financial Planning Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 5,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $666,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Summit Financial LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.1% during the fourth quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 3,910 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,000 after buying an additional 118 shares during the period. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the fourth quarter worth $8,447,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Down 9.1 %

VDE stock opened at $109.38 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $10.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.41 and a beta of 0.94. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $125.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $126.43. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12-month low of $108.94 and a 12-month high of $137.92.

Vanguard Energy ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were paid a $0.9487 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Energy ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 25th.

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).