Polianta Ltd Purchases Shares of 55,200 Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Polianta Ltd purchased a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 55,200 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,551,000. Vanguard Energy ETF accounts for about 1.3% of Polianta Ltd’s portfolio, making the stock its 10th largest position.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Founders Financial Securities LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $540,000. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 183.2% in the 1st quarter. McClarren Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 3,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $553,000 after purchasing an additional 2,067 shares during the last quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 7,716 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,335,000 after purchasing an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. John A. Wolfe & Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $626,000. Finally, World Investment Advisors raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 21.9% in the fourth quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 17,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,181,000 after purchasing an additional 3,107 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $151.82 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $162.44 and its two-hundred day moving average is $151.66. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $118.17 and a 52 week high of $179.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.42.

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). 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.