Stephens Inc. AR Decreases Position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Stephens Inc. AR lessened its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 1.8% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,031 shares of the company’s stock after selling 113 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $732,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 79.6% during the 3rd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 22,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,706,000 after purchasing an additional 9,794 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 5.8% during the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $463,000 after purchasing an additional 206 shares during the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 12.9% during the 3rd quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 6,220 shares of the company’s stock valued at $762,000 after purchasing an additional 710 shares during the last quarter. Pitcairn Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $429,000. Finally, Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 68,530 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,393,000 after purchasing an additional 2,713 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of VDE stock opened at $125.79 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. The business has a fifty day moving average of $125.19 and a 200 day moving average of $126.13. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $115.36 and a 1 year high of $137.92.

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).