Cape Investment Advisory Inc. Boosts Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Cape Investment Advisory Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 249.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,053 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 752 shares during the quarter. Cape Investment Advisory Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $139,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VDE. Alexander Labrunerie & CO. Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter worth about $2,929,000. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 54.1% in the 1st 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 last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 193.4% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 76,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,084,000 after acquiring an additional 50,470 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 930.9% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 283,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,331,000 after acquiring an additional 255,958 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atria Investments Inc grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 93.8% in the first quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 33,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,433,000 after purchasing an additional 16,294 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 3.0 %

VDE traded down $3.78 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $123.41. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 685,997 shares, compared to its average volume of 464,150. The stock has a market cap of $8.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $127.28 and its 200-day moving average price is $126.25. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $110.51 and a 12 month 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).