20,733 Shares in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Acquired by SMI Advisory Services LLC

SMI Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 20,733 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,816,000.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. UBS Group AG increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 24.5% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 2,236,851 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,338,000 after buying an additional 440,740 shares during the period. Beacon Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 222.4% during the first quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,324,346 shares of the company’s stock worth $175,569,000 after buying an additional 913,542 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 19.8% during the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 849,158 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,589,000 after buying an additional 140,274 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 365,083 shares of the company’s stock worth $42,817,000 after buying an additional 5,104 shares during the period. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $37,385,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 0.4 %

Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF stock opened at $128.38 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $109.14 and a 52 week high of $137.92. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $129.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $124.20.

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).