Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. Cuts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. trimmed its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 30.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 19,841 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,878 shares during the period. Johnson Investment Counsel Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $2,574,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 31.4% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 6,373 shares of the company’s stock valued at $773,000 after acquiring an additional 1,524 shares during the last quarter. Zuckerman Investment Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Zuckerman Investment Group LLC now owns 122,547 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,207,000 after acquiring an additional 2,279 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 154.5% during the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 4,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $533,000 after purchasing an additional 2,483 shares during the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 138.9% during the 4th quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 485 shares of the company’s stock valued at $59,000 after purchasing an additional 282 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Summit Financial LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Summit Financial LLC now owns 3,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $474,000 after purchasing an additional 118 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

VDE opened at $124.93 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.72 and a beta of 0.79. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $116.22 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $121.41. Vanguard Energy ETF has a one year low of $103.07 and a one year high of $137.41.

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).