Valmark Advisers Inc. Purchases 1,173 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 6.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 19,413 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,173 shares during the quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $2,277,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. Angeles Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $25,000. Headlands Technologies LLC grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 173.2% in the 3rd quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC now owns 418 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 265 shares in the last quarter. Aspire Private Capital LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $62,000. BKM Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $62,000. Finally, Financial Management Professionals Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1,282.1% in the 4th quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. now owns 539 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

VDE stock traded down $1.07 during trading on Friday, reaching $133.49. The stock had a trading volume of 407,476 shares, compared to its average volume of 557,439. Vanguard Energy ETF has a one year low of $105.51 and a one year high of $137.92. The company’s 50 day moving average is $128.31 and its two-hundred day moving average is $121.76. The company has a market capitalization of $8.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.50 and a beta of 0.55.

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).