Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Shares Bought by Congress Wealth Management LLC DE

Congress Wealth Management LLC DE grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 13.4% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 8,338 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 986 shares during the quarter. Congress Wealth Management LLC DE’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,012,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Rakuten Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 113.0% during the fourth quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 230 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $46,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $48,000. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $58,000. Finally, Centricity Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the fourth quarter worth $54,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $129.02 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $11.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.74 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $126.27 and its 200 day moving average price is $126.19. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1-year low of $115.51 and a 1-year high of $137.92.

Vanguard Energy ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were paid a dividend of $0.9487 per share. This is a positive change from Vanguard Energy ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th.

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).