Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Makes New Investment in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 25,748 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,242,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 136.1% during the third quarter. OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,806 shares of the company’s stock worth $982,000 after acquiring an additional 4,500 shares in the last quarter. Carnegie Investment Counsel acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $563,000. Argentarii LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $628,000. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL raised its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 111.9% during the third quarter. Tudor Investment Corp ET AL now owns 29,915 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,765,000 after acquiring an additional 15,795 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JM2 Capital Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $586,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 0.4%

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

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.