Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 339,285 shares, an increase of 76.1% from the April 15th total of 192,616 shares. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 808,517 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 1.6%

NYSEARCA VDE traded up $2.74 on Monday, reaching $171.12. The stock had a trading volume of 404,706 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,036,114. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $164.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $145.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12-month low of $112.71 and a 12-month high of $179.34.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Energy ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% in the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. SouthState Bank Corp acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter worth $31,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $33,000. Finally, Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $33,000.

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.