Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Hits New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)’s share price reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $140.76 and last traded at $141.1010, with a volume of 1798 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $140.15.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

The business’s 50-day moving average is $129.15 and its two-hundred day moving average is $125.68. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Energy ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% in the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 165 shares in the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 263.4% in the 2nd quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 216 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Company 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). 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.