Dahring Cusmano LLC Takes $872,000 Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

Dahring Cusmano LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 5,041 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $872,000. Vanguard Energy ETF accounts for approximately 0.5% of Dahring Cusmano LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th biggest position.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VDE. IMC Chicago LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $331,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 24.5% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,129 shares of the company’s stock worth $195,000 after purchasing an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Sigma Planning Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 15.4% during the 1st quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 15,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,651,000 after purchasing an additional 2,045 shares during the period. Avantax Planning Partners Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 21.1% during the 1st quarter. Avantax Planning Partners Inc. now owns 5,513 shares of the company’s stock valued at $954,000 after purchasing an additional 960 shares during the period. Finally, Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 81.9% during the 1st quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 3,208 shares of the company’s stock valued at $516,000 after purchasing an additional 1,444 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

VDE opened at $160.76 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $9.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $159.50 and its 200 day moving average is $155.47. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $118.17 and a fifty-two week high of $179.34.

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.