Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 173,844 shares, a drop of 48.8% from the April 30th total of 339,285 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 588,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

VDE traded up $2.71 during trading on Monday, reaching $161.81. 857,874 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,017,643. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $165.47 and its 200-day moving average price is $148.31. Vanguard Energy ETF has a fifty-two week low of $114.36 and a fifty-two week high of $179.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $10.13 billion, a PE ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.45.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Energy ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% during the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 165 shares during the period. SouthState Bank Corp acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Strive Financial Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter worth $31,000. Godfrey Financial Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 4th quarter worth $33,000. Finally, Matrix Private Capital Group LLC acquired a new stake in Vanguard Energy ETF during the 1st quarter worth $33,000.

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.