Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Has $7.90 Million Stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 64,498 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,250 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $7,899,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 930.9% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 283,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,331,000 after buying an additional 255,958 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 13,105.7% in the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 228,194 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,111,000 after buying an additional 226,466 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 54.1% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC now owns 175,212 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,075,000 after purchasing an additional 61,535 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 193.4% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 76,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,084,000 after purchasing an additional 50,470 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.8% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 541,783 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,115,000 after purchasing an additional 48,418 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDE traded up $0.51 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $125.46. 28,790 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 435,325. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1-year low of $110.51 and a 1-year high of $137.92. The company has a market capitalization of $8.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $124.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $126.71.

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).