Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 173,844 shares, a decline of 48.8% from the April 30th total of 339,285 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 588,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE traded up $2.71 on Monday, hitting $161.81. 857,874 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,017,643. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $165.47 and a 200-day moving average price of $148.31. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $114.36 and a 52 week high of $179.34. The company has a market cap of $10.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Energy ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Glenmede Trust Co. NA lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 11.2% during the 1st quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 1,290 shares of the company’s stock worth $223,000 after buying an additional 130 shares in the last quarter. Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 18.2% during the 1st quarter. Raab & Moskowitz Asset Management LLC now owns 6,044 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,046,000 after buying an additional 931 shares in the last quarter. SHUTTLEWORTH & Co lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.6% during the 1st quarter. SHUTTLEWORTH & Co now owns 12,829 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,220,000 after buying an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. TrueWealth Financial Partners bought a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $14,706,000. Finally, Western Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.4% during the 1st quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,503 shares of the company’s stock worth $779,000 after buying an additional 104 shares in the last quarter.

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). 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.