Soltis Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Soltis Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 2.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 33,848 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 928 shares during the period. Soltis Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $3,014,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of VNQ. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 87.5% during the first quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 8,598,869 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $778,542,000 after purchasing an additional 4,013,382 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 458.2% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,252,481 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $294,480,000 after buying an additional 2,669,771 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 17.5% in the 1st quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 13,858,639 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,254,761,000 after buying an additional 2,064,842 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 33.5% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 4,696,203 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $425,194,000 after buying an additional 1,178,304 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1,384.8% during the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 879,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $79,641,000 after acquiring an additional 820,378 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 60.03% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VNQ opened at $89.28 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $33.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.03. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a one year low of $76.92 and a one year high of $99.20. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $91.06 and its 200 day simple moving average is $90.03.

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.