Stegent Equity Advisors Inc. Invests $5.61 Million in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Stegent Equity Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 32,409 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,608,000. Vanguard Energy ETF comprises about 4.8% of Stegent Equity Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Stegent Equity Advisors Inc. owned about 0.05% of Vanguard Energy ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 23,247.2% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 353,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,106,000 after purchasing an additional 351,963 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 5,416.8% in the fourth quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 195,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,675,000 after buying an additional 192,404 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 90.8% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 307,070 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,578,000 after buying an additional 146,147 shares during the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $15,862,000. Finally, Polianta Ltd acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $9,551,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of VDE opened at $149.33 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $9.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $161.19 and a 200-day moving average of $153.09. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $118.17 and a 52 week high of $179.34.

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are dominated by activities, such as the construction or provision of oil rigs, drilling equipment, and other energy-related service and equipment (such as seismic data collection), or companies engaged in the exploration, production, marketing, refining, and/or transportation of oil and gas products.