Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 339,285 shares, a growth of 76.1% from the April 15th total of 192,616 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 808,517 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Vanguard Energy ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 813,753 shares of the company’s stock valued at $102,468,000 after buying an additional 12,772 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 16.6% in the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 498,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,752,000 after buying an additional 71,068 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 419,368 shares of the company’s stock valued at $52,807,000 after buying an additional 27,563 shares during the last quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 9.0% in the fourth quarter. SCS Capital Management LLC now owns 370,931 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,708,000 after buying an additional 30,766 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 23,247.2% in the second quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 353,477 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,106,000 after buying an additional 351,963 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Up 1.6%

NYSEARCA:VDE traded up $2.74 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $171.12. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 404,706 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,036,114. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $164.54 and a 200-day moving average of $145.38. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 52-week low of $112.71 and a 52-week high of $179.34.

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.