Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Sees Large Volume Increase – Should You Buy?

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) shares saw unusually-high trading volume on Tuesday . Approximately 917,610 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 113% from the previous session’s volume of 431,091 shares.The stock last traded at $119.74 and had previously closed at $117.34.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 1.8%

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $113.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $121.91. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.72 and a beta of 0.79.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Hughes Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Rakuten Securities Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 113.0% during the 4th quarter. Rakuten Securities Inc. now owns 230 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the last quarter. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $33,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the first quarter worth about $34,000. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 165.4% in the first quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 276 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 172 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Company Profile

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).