Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Shares Bought by Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 1.4% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 12,149 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 166 shares during the quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,561,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VDE. Beacon Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 222.4% in the first quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,324,346 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,569,000 after acquiring an additional 913,542 shares during the period. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 19.8% during the fourth quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 849,158 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,589,000 after buying an additional 140,274 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.8% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 541,783 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,115,000 after buying an additional 48,418 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp grew its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 365,083 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,817,000 after buying an additional 5,104 shares during the period. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 930.9% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 283,453 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,331,000 after acquiring an additional 255,958 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 1.5 %

VDE stock opened at $122.60 on Wednesday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $110.51 and a 52-week high of $137.92. The firm has a market cap of $8.18 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $125.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $127.76.

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).