Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Newly Acquired by Park Avenue Securities LLC

Park Avenue Securities LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 5,096 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $877,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.0% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 517,455 shares of the company’s stock valued at $77,686,000 after purchasing an additional 20,089 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 17.6% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 493,318 shares of the company’s stock worth $85,364,000 after purchasing an additional 73,950 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 14.5% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 300,782 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,047,000 after purchasing an additional 38,015 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 43.5% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 229,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,446,000 after buying an additional 69,496 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Greenwood Gearhart LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Greenwood Gearhart LLC now owns 181,711 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,443,000 after buying an additional 6,062 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF stock opened at $185.80 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $182.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $165.82. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12-month low of $122.08 and a 12-month high of $195.80. The stock has a market cap of $11.20 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45.

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). 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.