Proficio Capital Partners LLC Acquires New Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 69,632 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,447,000.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Blue Trust Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 24.9% during the fourth quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 1,918 shares of the company’s stock valued at $233,000 after purchasing an additional 382 shares in the last quarter. Pitcairn Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth about $429,000. Center for Financial Planning Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.6% during the fourth quarter. Center for Financial Planning Inc. now owns 5,494 shares of the company’s stock worth $666,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.2% during the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 32,835 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,025,000 after acquiring an additional 1,318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 31.4% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 6,373 shares of the company’s stock worth $773,000 after acquiring an additional 1,524 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VDE stock opened at $124.38 on Friday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $115.51 and a fifty-two week high of $137.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.55 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.74 and a beta of 1.22. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $125.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $125.93.

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).