Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp Sells 468 Shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp cut its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 4.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,958 shares of the company’s stock after selling 468 shares during the quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,330,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Down 2.4 %

Shares of VDE stock opened at $105.87 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $124.34 and a 200-day moving average of $126.10. The company has a market cap of $9.83 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.41 and a beta of 0.94. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $103.79 and a 52 week high of $137.92.

Vanguard Energy ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were paid a $0.9487 dividend. This is an increase 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).