Evanson Financial LLC Takes $786,000 Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Evanson Financial LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 5,237 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $786,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 813,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,468,000 after purchasing an additional 12,772 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 17.6% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 493,318 shares of the company’s stock valued at $85,364,000 after buying an additional 73,950 shares during the last quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.0% during the 4th quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 370,931 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,708,000 after buying an additional 30,766 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 23,247.2% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 353,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,106,000 after buying an additional 351,963 shares during the period. Finally, PGIM Custom Harvest LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.8% in the 3rd quarter. PGIM Custom Harvest LLC now owns 346,193 shares of the company’s stock valued at $43,572,000 after buying an additional 15,847 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of VDE opened at $162.37 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $9.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $118.17 and a 52 week high of $179.34. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $159.46 and its 200-day moving average price is $159.22.

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). 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.