Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) Shares Acquired by Institute for Wealth Management LLC.

Institute for Wealth Management LLC. raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 38.8% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 16,736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 4,677 shares during the period. Institute for Wealth Management LLC.’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $1,479,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 115,289.9% during the fourth quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,063,365,980 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $87,706,426,000 after purchasing an additional 1,062,444,438 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,464,307 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,357,976,000 after purchasing an additional 194,301 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 22.5% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 10,630,558 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $804,308,000 after acquiring an additional 1,955,619 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 10,254,994 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $775,893,000 after acquiring an additional 566,346 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 7,449,131 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $563,601,000 after acquiring an additional 257,323 shares during the period.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VNQ traded up $0.26 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $78.88. The stock had a trading volume of 3,471,677 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,890,405. The company has a 50 day moving average of $84.54 and a two-hundred day moving average of $82.45. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a twelve month low of $70.61 and a twelve month high of $90.09. The firm has a market cap of $31.05 billion, a PE ratio of 22.27 and a beta of 1.05.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Profile

Vanguard REIT ETF (the Fund) is an open-end investment company. The Fund invests in stocks issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs), companies that purchase office buildings, hotels, and other real property. It tracks the return of the MSCI US RIT Index, a gauge of real estate stocks. The Vanguard Group, Inc provides investment advisory services to the Fund.