HighTower Advisors LLC Has $24.89 Million Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

HighTower Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 4.3% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 205,185 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,370 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned about 0.31% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $24,891,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 37.2% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,849 shares of the company’s stock worth $594,000 after buying an additional 1,314 shares during the period. Kovack Advisors Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 29.1% during the 3rd quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,701 shares of the company’s stock worth $331,000 after acquiring an additional 609 shares during the last quarter. Huntington National Bank boosted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 36.0% during the 3rd quarter. Huntington National Bank now owns 3,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $463,000 after acquiring an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 72.6% during the 3rd quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC now owns 24,366 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,984,000 after acquiring an additional 10,252 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.2% in the third 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 during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 2.9 %

Shares of VDE opened at $124.38 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $11.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.80 and a beta of 1.25. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $115.51 and a 12 month high of $137.92. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $125.93 and a 200 day simple moving average of $125.93.

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).