HighTower Advisors LLC Lowers Stake in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

HighTower Advisors LLC lessened its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 17.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 202,684 shares of the company’s stock after selling 42,171 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned about 0.36% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $25,522,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 16.6% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 498,588 shares of the company’s stock worth $62,752,000 after buying an additional 71,068 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 23,247.2% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 353,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,106,000 after buying an additional 351,963 shares during the period. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC now owns 346,193 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,572,000 after acquiring an additional 15,847 shares in the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 90.8% during the 2nd quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 307,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,578,000 after acquiring an additional 146,147 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 14.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cambridge Associates LLC MA ADV now owns 211,153 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,576,000 after acquiring an additional 27,053 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF stock opened at $168.02 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45. The business has a 50-day moving average of $165.60 and a 200 day moving average of $146.82. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $113.20 and a 12 month high of $179.34.

Vanguard Energy ETF 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.