Sharper & Granite LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Sharper & Granite LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 2.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 12,428 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 341 shares during the quarter. Sharper & Granite LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,508,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the third quarter valued at $46,000. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the second quarter worth about $47,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $48,000. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $58,000. Finally, Global Financial Private Client LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 45.4% during the 4th quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 493 shares of the company’s stock worth $60,000 after purchasing an additional 154 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VDE opened at $127.69 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. Vanguard Energy ETF has a one year low of $110.51 and a one year high of $137.92. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $127.27 and its 200 day moving average price is $126.11.

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).