Natixis Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Natixis Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 72.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 24,366 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 10,252 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $2,984,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VDE. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 930.9% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 283,453 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,331,000 after purchasing an additional 255,958 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 13,105.7% in the second quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 228,194 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,111,000 after acquiring an additional 226,466 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 54.1% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC now owns 175,212 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,075,000 after acquiring an additional 61,535 shares during the period. Cetera Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 193.4% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 76,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,084,000 after purchasing an additional 50,470 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.8% in the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 541,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,115,000 after purchasing an additional 48,418 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $136.78 on Monday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $110.51 and a 1 year high of $137.92. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $127.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $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 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).