Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Shares Acquired by Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc.

Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 3.3% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 10,652 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 340 shares during the period. Lowe Brockenbrough & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,292,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of VDE. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 72.6% during the third quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 24,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,984,000 after buying an additional 10,252 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 32,835 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,025,000 after buying an additional 1,318 shares in the last quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 124.0% during the third quarter. Prospera Financial Services Inc now owns 13,576 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,663,000 after buying an additional 7,515 shares in the last quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter valued at $48,000. Finally, Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc. now owns 5,858 shares of the company’s stock valued at $717,000 after buying an additional 124 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.8 %

Shares of VDE stock opened at $128.39 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $126.29 and its 200-day simple moving average is $125.97. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1-year low of $115.51 and a 1-year high of $137.92. The company has a market capitalization of $11.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.74 and a beta of 1.22.

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).