5,096 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE Bought by Park Avenue Securities LLC

Park Avenue Securities LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 5,096 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $877,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VDE. Evergreen Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $25,069,000. TrueWealth Financial Partners purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $14,706,000. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 17.6% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 493,318 shares of the company’s stock worth $85,364,000 after acquiring an additional 73,950 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 43.5% in the second quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 229,440 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,446,000 after acquiring an additional 69,496 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HWG Holdings LP acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $8,202,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $185.80 on Wednesday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $122.08 and a 52 week high of $195.80. The company’s 50 day moving average is $182.38 and its two-hundred day moving average is $165.82. The company has a market cap of $11.20 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45.

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.