Advantage Trust Co Reduces Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Advantage Trust Co reduced its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 5.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 3,615 shares of the company’s stock after selling 200 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Energy ETF comprises approximately 0.3% of Advantage Trust Co’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position. Advantage Trust Co’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $439,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 79.6% in the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 22,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,706,000 after buying an additional 9,794 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $463,000 after acquiring an additional 206 shares during the last quarter. Pitcairn Co. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $429,000. Blue Trust Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 24.9% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,918 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,000 after purchasing an additional 382 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Center for Financial Planning Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.6% during the 4th quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 5,494 shares of the company’s stock worth $666,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $127.00 on Friday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a one year low of $115.51 and a one year high of $137.92. The stock has a market cap of $8.47 billion, a PE ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $125.15 and a 200 day moving average price of $126.12.

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).