Virtu Financial LLC Purchases New Holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Virtu Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor purchased 31,866 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $2,820,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of VNQ. Efficient Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Efficient Advisors LLC now owns 606,676 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $53,685,000 after buying an additional 17,250 shares during the last quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 14.0% during the 4th quarter. Everhart Financial Group Inc. now owns 60,166 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,324,000 after acquiring an additional 7,398 shares during the last quarter. Finhabits Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF during the 4th quarter worth $3,406,000. Cambridge Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 10.7% during the 4th quarter. Cambridge Advisors Inc. now owns 84,718 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,497,000 after acquiring an additional 8,213 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 861,933 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $76,272,000 after acquiring an additional 26,059 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 60.03% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Down 0.1%

VNQ opened at $95.56 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $36.84 billion, a PE ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 0.98. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 52 week low of $86.84 and a 52 week high of $99.15. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $95.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $92.67.

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.