Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Sold by Assetmark Inc.

Assetmark Inc. decreased its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 13.1% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 21,647 shares of the company’s stock after selling 3,249 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $2,724,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brighton Jones LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 18,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,278,000 after buying an additional 306 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $281,000. Retirement Planning Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.3% in the 2nd quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 2,470 shares of the company’s stock worth $294,000 after acquiring an additional 102 shares during the period. Brookstone Capital Management grew its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 89.7% in the 2nd quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 14,640 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,744,000 after acquiring an additional 6,922 shares during the period. Finally, Freedom Investment Management Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $1,871,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 2.0%

VDE stock opened at $154.11 on Thursday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $103.07 and a 52-week high of $155.17. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $135.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $128.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77.

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). 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.