Disciplined Investors L.L.C. Invests $288,000 in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Disciplined Investors L.L.C. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 2,257 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $288,000.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 444.6% in the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 5,406,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $655,887,000 after buying an additional 4,413,992 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $31,935,000. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 11,313.9% in the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 194,950 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,649,000 after acquiring an additional 193,242 shares during the last quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $15,101,000. Finally, Intellus Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $12,813,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

VDE stock opened at $130.56 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $12.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.41 and a beta of 0.94. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $126.11 and a 200 day simple moving average of $126.55. 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 $0.9487 dividend. This is a boost from Vanguard Energy ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th.

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).