Sanctuary Advisors LLC Decreases Stake in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Sanctuary Advisors LLC reduced its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 13.7% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 61,666 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,830 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $10,671,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% during the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the period. SouthState Bank Corp bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Strive Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 3,055.6% during the 4th quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 284 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 275 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 1.3%

VDE opened at $162.78 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $159.59 and a 200 day moving average of $155.52. The company has a market cap of $9.76 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $118.17 and a 12 month high of $179.34.

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.