M Holdings Securities Inc. Cuts Stock Position in Vanguard Energy ETF $VDE

M Holdings Securities Inc. cut its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 17.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 37,063 shares of the company’s stock after selling 7,965 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Energy ETF makes up about 0.7% of M Holdings Securities Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest position. M Holdings Securities Inc. owned 0.06% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $5,623,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Greenwood Gearhart Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. Greenwood Gearhart Inc. now owns 175,649 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,118,000 after acquiring an additional 11,107 shares during the last quarter. Gerald Baker Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter worth about $7,370,000. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 8.7% during the 4th quarter. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC now owns 42,323 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,329,000 after purchasing an additional 3,376 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 21.9% during the 4th quarter. World Investment Advisors now owns 17,321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,181,000 after purchasing an additional 3,107 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 5.7% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 276,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,880,000 after purchasing an additional 14,856 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VDE opened at $176.56 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $10.59 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.43. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $119.84 and a fifty-two week high of $182.15. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $164.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $162.91.

About Vanguard Energy ETF

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.