Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Shares Purchased by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 50.6% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 14,547 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,885 shares during the quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,765,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VDE. Kovack Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,910 shares of the company’s stock valued at $353,000 after purchasing an additional 209 shares during the last quarter. Exchange Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 35.6% in the 4th quarter. Exchange Capital Management Inc. now owns 3,122 shares of the company’s stock valued at $379,000 after buying an additional 819 shares during the last quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 53.7% during the 4th quarter. Crestwood Advisors Group LLC now owns 3,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $438,000 after acquiring an additional 1,262 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 5.4% in the fourth quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $348,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Colonial River Investments LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.3% in the fourth quarter. Colonial River Investments LLC now owns 4,996 shares of the company’s stock valued at $606,000 after acquiring an additional 341 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VDE stock opened at $121.82 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $125.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $126.22. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $115.51 and a 1 year high of $137.92. The firm has a market cap of $11.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.80 and a beta of 1.25.

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).