Valmark Advisers Inc. Grows Position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Valmark Advisers Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 6.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund 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.

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

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of VDE stock traded down $1.07 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $133.49. The company had a trading volume of 407,476 shares, compared to its average volume of 557,439. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $128.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $121.76. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $105.51 and a 52-week high of $137.92. The stock has a market cap of $8.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.50 and a beta of 0.55.

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).