Nvest Financial LLC Sells 1,082 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Nvest Financial LLC cut its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 6.2% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 16,384 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,082 shares during the quarter. Nvest Financial LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,988,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 851,122 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,237,000 after buying an additional 24,476 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.9% during the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 191,923 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,505,000 after acquiring an additional 3,560 shares in the last quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 11.8% in the third quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 125,984 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,429,000 after acquiring an additional 13,342 shares during the period. CMH Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. CMH Wealth Management LLC now owns 115,955 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,067,000 after purchasing an additional 2,419 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Greenwood Gearhart Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 12.9% during the 3rd quarter. Greenwood Gearhart Inc. now owns 114,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,032,000 after purchasing an additional 13,047 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VDE opened at $126.03 on Wednesday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $114.45 and a 52-week high of $137.92. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $126.96 and its 200 day simple moving average is $126.37. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51.

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).