Guidance Capital Inc. Makes New $1.69 Million Investment in Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE)

Guidance Capital Inc. bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF (NYSEARCA:VDE) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund bought 12,772 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,694,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Citigroup Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 37.1% during the third quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 7,990 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,013,000 after buying an additional 2,163 shares during the last quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 93.9% during the third quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 1,821 shares of the company’s stock valued at $231,000 after buying an additional 882 shares during the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 3.3% during the third quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 4,577 shares of the company’s stock valued at $580,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Synovus Financial Corp raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 25,512 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,234,000 after buying an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Energy ETF by 59.1% during the third quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 8,461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,072,000 after buying an additional 3,143 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Energy ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VDE traded up $0.44 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $127.57. 339,128 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 488,666. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $128.87 and its 200 day moving average is $124.39. The stock has a market cap of $8.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.51. Vanguard Energy ETF has a 1-year low of $109.14 and a 1-year high of $137.92.

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).