Elgethun Capital Management Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Elgethun Capital Management boosted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 9.0% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 57,807 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,777 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Energy ETF comprises approximately 1.3% of Elgethun Capital Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest position. Elgethun Capital Management owned about 0.10% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $7,279,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% in the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter worth $33,000. Pittenger & Anderson Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter worth $43,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 139.3% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Coston McIsaac & Partners acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $53,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of VDE opened at $165.57 on Thursday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $114.65 and a 52-week high of $179.34. The company has a market capitalization of $10.36 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $165.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $149.06.

About Vanguard Energy ETF

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.