Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 32,835 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,318 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $4,025,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the second quarter valued at $47,000. TruNorth Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the second quarter worth $64,000. Cedar Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 38.4% in the 2nd quarter. Cedar Wealth Management LLC now owns 833 shares of the company’s stock worth $106,000 after buying an additional 231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AdvisorNet Financial Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 46.5% in the 2nd quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 999 shares of the company’s stock worth $127,000 after purchasing an additional 317 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

VDE stock opened at $136.78 on Monday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $127.27 and its two-hundred day moving average is $126.81. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $110.51 and a 1 year high of $137.92.

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).