Avantax Planning Partners Inc. Buys New Position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Avantax Planning Partners Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,669 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $202,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VDE. Blue Trust Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 24.9% in the 4th quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $233,000 after purchasing an additional 382 shares in the last quarter. Pitcairn Co. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $429,000. Center for Financial Planning Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 5,494 shares of the company’s stock valued at $666,000 after purchasing an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 32,835 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,025,000 after purchasing an additional 1,318 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $374,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VDE opened at $121.73 on Thursday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $115.51 and a fifty-two week high of $137.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.31 billion, a PE ratio of 13.80 and a beta of 1.25. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $125.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $125.99.

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).