Royal Fund Management LLC Grows Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Royal Fund Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 134.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 37,728 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 21,660 shares during the quarter. Royal Fund Management LLC owned about 0.06% of Vanguard Energy ETF worth $4,657,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VDE. GAMMA Investing LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Mather Group LLC. bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $40,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the second quarter valued at $43,000. Headlands Technologies LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the second quarter valued at $47,000. Finally, Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF in the first quarter worth $50,000.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:VDE traded down $0.46 on Wednesday, hitting $126.78. 39,240 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 449,618. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $124.24 and a 200-day simple moving average of $127.72. The company has a market cap of $8.46 billion, a PE ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52 week low of $110.51 and a 52 week high of $137.92.

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).