Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Bought by Cetera Investment Advisers

Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 14.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 300,782 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 38,015 shares during the quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers owned about 0.48% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $52,047,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Kovack Advisors Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,733 shares of the company’s stock valued at $339,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the period. Asset Management Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 9,827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,237,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the period. Syon Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 16,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,061,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares during the period. Meridian Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,283,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Windsor Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Windsor Advisory Group LLC now owns 6,082 shares of the company’s stock valued at $765,000 after purchasing an additional 82 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of VDE opened at $168.23 on Friday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $118.17 and a 12 month high of $179.34. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $159.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $156.92. The company has a market cap of $10.09 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43.

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.