Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC Purchases 354 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 5.4% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,886 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 354 shares during the period. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $835,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC increased its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC now owns 14,643 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,776,000 after buying an additional 1,544 shares during the period. Sequent Planning LLC increased its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 16.5% during the fourth quarter. Sequent Planning LLC now owns 2,074 shares of the company’s stock worth $252,000 after acquiring an additional 293 shares during the period. Hershey Financial Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $1,114,000. Congress Wealth Management LLC DE boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 13.4% in the 4th quarter. Congress Wealth Management LLC DE now owns 8,338 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,012,000 after purchasing an additional 986 shares during the period. Finally, Clune & Associates LTD. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter worth $1,164,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $129.46 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $126.34 and its 200-day moving average is $126.15. The company has a market cap of $12.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.74 and a beta of 1.22. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $115.51 and a 52-week high of $137.92.

Vanguard Energy ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.9487 per share. This is an increase from Vanguard Energy ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 25th.

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).