Avior Wealth Management LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ)

Avior Wealth Management LLC reduced its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 11.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 88,097 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 11,116 shares during the quarter. Avior Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $7,776,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in VNQ. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 115,289.9% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,063,365,980 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $87,706,426,000 after buying an additional 1,062,444,438 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley increased its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,464,307 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,357,976,000 after buying an additional 194,301 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 22.5% during 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 buying an additional 1,955,619 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 5.8% during 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 buying an additional 566,346 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 3.6% during 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 buying an additional 257,323 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VNQ traded down $1.11 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $79.21. 6,598,851 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,914,802. The company has a fifty day moving average of $84.85 and a 200 day moving average of $82.48. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a twelve month low of $70.61 and a twelve month high of $90.09. The company has a market capitalization of $31.18 billion, a P/E 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.