Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Bought by The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company

The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 517,455 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,089 shares during the quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company owned about 0.86% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $77,686,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in VDE. Nilsine Partners LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. Nilsine Partners LLC now owns 3,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $478,000 after purchasing an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. NWF Advisory Services Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. NWF Advisory Services Inc. now owns 8,804 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,322,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares in the last quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,733 shares of the company’s stock worth $339,000 after purchasing an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. Asset Management Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 9,827 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,237,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Investor s Fiduciary Advisor Network LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.8% during the second quarter. Investor s Fiduciary Advisor Network LLC now owns 1,665 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,000 after buying an additional 77 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $183.61 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $170.26 and a 200-day simple moving average of $164.88. The firm has a market cap of $11.01 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.44. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1-year low of $119.84 and a 1-year high of $186.23.

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.