Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Purchased by Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 3.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 20,623 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 782 shares during the period. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $2,457,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of VDE. Hughes Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $25,000. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $33,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $34,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 165.4% in the 1st quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 276 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 263.4% in the 2nd quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 216 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

VDE stock opened at $122.33 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 1.39. The business’s 50-day moving average is $123.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is $120.04. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $103.07 and a 1 year high of $137.41.

Vanguard Energy ETF 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).