Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) saw a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 393,288 shares, an increase of 212.6% from the December 31st total of 125,795 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 865,533 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Based on an average daily volume of 865,533 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of VDE traded up $0.91 on Wednesday, hitting $141.06. 679,684 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 778,964. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1 year low of $103.07 and a 1 year high of $141.30. The stock’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 $7.86 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.10 and a beta of 0.77.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Energy ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of VDE. Creative Capital Management Investments LLC bought a new position in Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth $25,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 330.0% during the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 215 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 165 shares during the period. Mather Group LLC. acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF during the third quarter worth $33,000. Cloud Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $33,000. Finally, Tripletail Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $36,000.

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.