Rather & Kittrell Inc. Trims Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Rather & Kittrell Inc. trimmed its position in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 9,255 shares of the company’s stock after selling 100 shares during the quarter. Rather & Kittrell Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $1,133,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VDE. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 930.9% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 283,453 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,331,000 after purchasing an additional 255,958 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 13,105.7% during the second quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 228,194 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,111,000 after acquiring an additional 226,466 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 54.1% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisor Networks LLC now owns 175,212 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,075,000 after acquiring an additional 61,535 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 193.4% during the first quarter. Cetera Advisors LLC now owns 76,566 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,084,000 after acquiring an additional 50,470 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its position in Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.8% during the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 541,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,115,000 after acquiring an additional 48,418 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of VDE stock opened at $131.27 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $124.72 and a 200 day moving average of $126.71. The stock has a market cap of $8.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. Vanguard Energy ETF has a twelve month low of $110.51 and a twelve month high of $137.92.

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).