Greenwood Gearhart Inc. Purchases 11,107 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Greenwood Gearhart Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 6.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 175,649 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,107 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Energy ETF makes up about 1.2% of Greenwood Gearhart Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest position. Greenwood Gearhart Inc. owned 0.32% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $22,118,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% during the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the last quarter. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $33,000. Pittenger & Anderson Inc. bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 139.3% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Coston McIsaac & Partners bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $53,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

VDE opened at $158.38 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $163.84 and its 200 day simple moving average is $143.70. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $112.71 and a 1 year high of $179.34. The firm has a market cap of $9.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45.

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.