Benzinga · Feb 16, 2026
Energy Stocks Are Printing Cash — So Why Are They Still Cheap?
Energy stocks like Exxon and Chevron are generating massive cash flows, yet still trade at deep discounts to the broader market.
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AMEX · VDE
Vanguard Energy Index Fund
Financial Services · Asset Management
$176.56
Up+$0.82 (+0.47%)
Updated Aug 29, 2026, 3:59 AM
SID Score
6.7/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 8.85B
- P/E ratio
- —
- Dividend yield
- 2.18%
- 52-week range
- $119.84 – $182.15
- Volume
- 256.04K
- Avg. volume
- 445.63K
Price performance
VDE price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
VDE closed at $176.56 after 21 trading sessions, up 5.11% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $176.56
- Period change
- +5.11%
- Period low
- $161.57
- Period high
- $179.72
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026 | $175.97 | $176.84 | $175.30 | $176.56 | 256.04K |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $175.48 | $176.92 | $173.57 | $175.74 | 283.42K |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $173.48 | $177.44 | $173.00 | $175.94 | 385.24K |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $175.54 | $176.93 | $175.09 | $175.13 | 531.52K |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $178.50 | $179.49 | $176.3307 | $177.87 | 345.73K |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $179.99 | $181.22 | $178.68 | $179.58 | 502.18K |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $180.35 | $182.15 | $179.50 | $179.72 | 605.59K |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $179.91 | $180.80 | $178.61 | $179.06 | 471.84K |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $178.41 | $179.43 | $177.77 | $179.21 | 590.39K |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $175.10 | $176.815 | $174.3708 | $176.62 | 484.94K |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $172.98 | $175.3327 | $172.91 | $174.68 | 438.79K |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $171.05 | $172.475 | $170.16 | $172.30 | 287.05K |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $171.05 | $172.745 | $170.37 | $172.29 | 399.76K |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $169.86 | $172.51 | $169.84 | $171.96 | 336.47K |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $164.40 | $170.14 | $164.04 | $170.07 | 595.13K |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $162.425 | $164.03 | $161.42 | $162.37 | 297.18K |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $164.41 | $165.00 | $162.69 | $164.12 | 340.69K |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $165.98 | $166.21 | $161.54 | $161.57 | 523.52K |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $163.53 | $165.80 | $161.32 | $165.25 | 521.37K |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $165.18 | $167.29 | $164.20 | $165.87 | 468.06K |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $165.72 | $168.36 | $164.51 | $167.97 | 383.04K |
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Company profile
The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the energy sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.
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Energy ETFs to Gain as Arctic Blast Ignites US Natural Gas Price Rally
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Yahoo · Jan 27, 2026
XLE vs VDE: Which Energy ETF Is a Better Buy Today?
Passive investors looking to take on a more contrarian position may wish to consider some of the sectors that most investors may be ignoring as the rise of the artificial intelligence (AI) boom continues. Undoubtedly, there’s more to this market than just AI or agents! Indeed, valuations on various AI stocks have been getting frothy. ... XLE vs VDE: Which Energy ETF Is a Better Buy Today?
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