Newport Capital Group LLC Has $1.06 Million Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Newport Capital Group LLC trimmed its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 54.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 8,442 shares of the company’s stock after selling 9,986 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Energy ETF comprises 0.5% of Newport Capital Group LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest holding. Newport Capital Group LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,063,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of VDE. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 18,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,278,000 after acquiring an additional 306 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $281,000. Cerity Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.3% during the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 34,484 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,108,000 after purchasing an additional 438 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 2,383.1% during the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 7,921 shares of the company’s stock valued at $944,000 after purchasing an additional 7,602 shares during the period. Finally, Main Street Financial Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 10.8% during the second quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC now owns 9,169 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,092,000 after purchasing an additional 890 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.1%

VDE opened at $160.72 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $10.06 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $113.23 and a 1 year high of $179.34. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $165.60 and its 200-day simple moving average is $148.08.

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.