Stephens Inc. AR Grows Stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Stephens Inc. AR raised its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 6.4% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 94,565 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 5,696 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $8,368,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VNQ. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 59.4% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 30,762 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,740,000 after purchasing an additional 11,469 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 267.6% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 7,599 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $677,000 after purchasing an additional 5,532 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 17.5% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 8,616 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $780,000 after purchasing an additional 1,284 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 84.9% during the second quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 4,838 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $431,000 after purchasing an additional 2,222 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 735.3% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,592,905 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $141,864,000 after purchasing an additional 1,402,196 shares in the last quarter. 60.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VNQ opened at $93.91 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $36.20 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.00. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 1 year low of $86.36 and a 1 year high of $97.37. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $93.05 and its 200-day moving average price is $91.55.

About Vanguard Real Estate ETF

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.