Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) by 5.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,886 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 354 shares during the quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Energy ETF were worth $835,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 444.6% in the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 5,406,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $655,887,000 after buying an additional 4,413,992 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.0% during the 3rd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 851,122 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,237,000 after purchasing an additional 24,476 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 10.9% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 611,511 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,182,000 after purchasing an additional 60,260 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $31,935,000. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 205,185 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,891,000 after purchasing an additional 8,370 shares during the period.

Vanguard Energy ETF Trading Down 0.4 %

Shares of VDE opened at $129.46 on Wednesday. Vanguard Energy ETF has a twelve month low of $115.51 and a twelve month high of $137.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.74 and a beta of 1.22. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $126.34 and its two-hundred day moving average is $126.15.

Vanguard Energy ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be paid a $0.9487 dividend. This is an increase from Vanguard Energy ETF’s previous dividend of $0.95. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 25th.

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).