Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Acquired by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company lifted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 9.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 860,760 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 71,067 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $102,534,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of VDE. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 165.4% in the first quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 276 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after acquiring an additional 172 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 984.6% during the 1st quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 282 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,000 after purchasing an additional 256 shares during the period. Westside Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 106.3% in the 2nd quarter. Westside Investment Management Inc. now owns 293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares in the last quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC increased its holdings in shares of 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. Finally, Harbor Asset Planning Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the second quarter valued at about $39,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.4%

VDE stock opened at $129.72 on Friday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $125.72 and its 200 day moving average price is $123.35. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $103.07 and a 52 week high of $133.18. The company has a market cap of $7.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77.

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).