Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 600,081 shares, an increase of 235.4% from the February 26th total of 178,928 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,982,872 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days. Currently, 1.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Energy ETF stock opened at $174.14 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.71 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $153.60 and a 200-day simple moving average of $135.74. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 12 month low of $103.07 and a 12 month high of $175.05.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Kovack Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 2,733 shares of the company’s stock valued at $339,000 after acquiring an additional 71 shares during the last quarter. Asset Management Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Asset Management Group Inc. now owns 9,827 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,237,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares during the period. Syon Capital LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 16,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,061,000 after purchasing an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. CGN Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. CGN Advisors LLC now owns 6,193 shares of the company’s stock valued at $780,000 after acquiring an additional 80 shares during the period. Finally, Meridian Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,283,000 after purchasing an additional 80 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). 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.