Sanctuary Advisors LLC Boosts Stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 36.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 75,178 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 19,881 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $6,652,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VNQ. Lansing Street Advisors boosted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter. Lansing Street Advisors now owns 3,979 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $364,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 8.4% during the 4th quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,414 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $125,000 after acquiring an additional 110 shares during the period. Kovack Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 13,068 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,195,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares during the period. Nestegg Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Nestegg Advisors Inc. now owns 12,066 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares during the period. Finally, VERITY Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. VERITY Wealth Advisors now owns 24,712 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,187,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 60.03% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA VNQ opened at $94.90 on Thursday. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 12 month low of $86.36 and a 12 month high of $97.06. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $92.88 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $91.21. The stock has a market cap of $36.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.02.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Company 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.