Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Down 35.2% in December

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) was the target of a large decline in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 93,583 shares, a decline of 35.2% from the November 30th total of 144,455 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 553,292 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are sold short. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 553,292 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Windsor Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Windsor Advisory Group LLC now owns 6,082 shares of the company’s stock worth $765,000 after acquiring an additional 82 shares during the last quarter. Bridge Creek Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.4% in the second quarter. Bridge Creek Capital Management LLC now owns 1,998 shares of the company’s stock valued at $238,000 after purchasing an additional 85 shares in the last quarter. Gibraltar Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% during the third quarter. Gibraltar Capital Management Inc. now owns 10,470 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,318,000 after buying an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. Caitlin John LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.0% in the 2nd quarter. Caitlin John LLC now owns 2,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $270,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.3% during the first quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,977 shares of the company’s stock worth $905,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 0.8%

NYSEARCA:VDE traded up $0.95 on Tuesday, hitting $126.62. The stock had a trading volume of 402,842 shares, compared to its average volume of 491,870. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $103.07 and a 52 week high of $133.18. The business’s fifty day moving average is $126.13 and its 200 day moving average is $124.16. The company has a market cap of $7.27 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77.

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). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are dominated by activities, such as the construction or provision of oil rigs, drilling equipment, and other energy-related service and equipment (such as seismic data collection), or companies engaged in the exploration, production, marketing, refining, and/or transportation of oil and gas products.