Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Shares Newly Bought by Valmark Advisers Inc.

Valmark Advisers Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 25,303 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,356,000.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VDE. Evergreen Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $25,069,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the third quarter valued at $15,011,000. TrueWealth Financial Partners bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter valued at $14,706,000. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position 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. Finally, Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 43.5% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 229,440 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,446,000 after buying an additional 69,496 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of VDE stock traded up $1.59 on Friday, hitting $180.61. 284,512 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 783,843. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.95 billion, a PE ratio of 13.48 and a beta of 0.45. Vanguard Energy ETF has a one year low of $122.79 and a one year high of $195.80. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $181.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $167.34.

Vanguard Energy ETF Company 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.