Peoples Financial Services CORP. Lowers Holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Peoples Financial Services CORP. trimmed its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 10.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,505 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 1,406 shares during the quarter. Peoples Financial Services CORP.’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $1,114,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Wedmont Private Capital raised its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Wedmont Private Capital now owns 34,291 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,058,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. MAS Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1.0% in the 1st quarter. MAS Advisors LLC now owns 11,808 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,069,000 after acquiring an additional 116 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 27.8% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 547 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 119 shares in the last quarter. Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1.7% in the 1st quarter. Mason Investment Advisory Services Inc. now owns 7,298 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $661,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV raised its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 9,323 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $844,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. 60.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Trading Up 1.0%

VNQ opened at $91.02 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $34.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 0.91. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 12 month low of $76.92 and a 12 month high of $99.20. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $90.99 and a 200-day moving average price of $89.43.

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.