Blair William & Co. IL Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Blair William & Co. IL grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 8.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 29,834 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,439 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $3,806,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Beacon Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 222.4% during the 1st quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,324,346 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,569,000 after buying an additional 913,542 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 19.8% during the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 849,158 shares of the company’s stock valued at $99,589,000 after acquiring an additional 140,274 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.8% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 541,783 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,115,000 after acquiring an additional 48,418 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 365,083 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,817,000 after purchasing an additional 5,104 shares during the period. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 930.9% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 283,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,331,000 after purchasing an additional 255,958 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $124.17 on Friday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $110.51 and a 1 year high of $137.92. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $125.10 and a 200-day simple moving average of $127.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51.

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).