LRI Investments LLC Increases Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

LRI Investments LLC grew its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 10.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 35,757 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,296 shares during the period. LRI Investments LLC owned approximately 0.06% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $4,503,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of VDE. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% in the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $33,000. Pittenger & Anderson Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $43,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 139.3% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 402 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after acquiring an additional 234 shares during the period. Finally, Coston McIsaac & Partners acquired a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $53,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDE opened at $158.38 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $9.91 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $112.71 and a 1 year high of $179.34. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $163.84 and its two-hundred day moving average is $143.70.

Vanguard Energy ETF 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.