Strengthening Families & Communities LLC Has $4.60 Million Stake in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Strengthening Families & Communities LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 8.8% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 37,890 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,079 shares during the period. Vanguard Energy ETF accounts for 2.6% of Strengthening Families & Communities LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $4,596,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 79.6% during the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 22,097 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,706,000 after buying an additional 9,794 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 5.8% during the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 3,783 shares of the company’s stock worth $463,000 after buying an additional 206 shares during the last quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 12.9% during the third quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 6,220 shares of the company’s stock worth $762,000 after buying an additional 710 shares during the last quarter. Pitcairn Co. acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth $429,000. Finally, Creative Planning increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 68,530 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,393,000 after purchasing an additional 2,713 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $127.30 on Tuesday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a one year low of $115.31 and a one year high of $137.92. The company has a market cap of $8.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $125.50 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $126.15.

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).