Kestra Advisory Services LLC Purchases 8,177 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 20.2% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 48,727 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,177 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $8,432,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Kovack Advisors Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,733 shares of the company’s stock valued at $339,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the period. Asset Management Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 9,827 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,237,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Syon Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 16,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,061,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. CGN Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. CGN Advisors LLC now owns 6,193 shares of the company’s stock worth $780,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Meridian Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,283,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 3.0%

Shares of VDE stock opened at $160.15 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.60 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $159.70 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $154.72. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $118.17 and a 12 month high of $179.34.

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). 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.