Disciplined Investors L.L.C. Acquires New Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Disciplined Investors L.L.C. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 2,257 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $288,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. Evanson Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Evanson Asset Management LLC now owns 13,694 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,661,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares during the last quarter. Madison Wealth Partners Inc lifted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.7% during the 4th quarter. Madison Wealth Partners Inc now owns 5,567 shares of the company’s stock worth $675,000 after buying an additional 94 shares during the period. Harbour Investments Inc. grew its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 3,044 shares of the company’s stock valued at $369,000 after buying an additional 95 shares during the last quarter. Global Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Global Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,939 shares of the company’s stock valued at $720,000 after buying an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Patriot Investment Management Group Inc. now owns 10,505 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,274,000 after acquiring an additional 97 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of VDE stock opened at $130.56 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.13 billion, a PE ratio of 15.41 and a beta of 0.94. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $126.11 and its 200 day simple moving average is $126.55. Vanguard Energy ETF has a one year low of $115.51 and a one year high of $137.92.

Vanguard Energy ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were paid a $0.9487 dividend. This is a positive change from Vanguard Energy ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date was 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).