Roundview Capital LLC Trims Stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Roundview Capital LLC reduced its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 1.8% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 16,085 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 297 shares during the period. Roundview Capital LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $1,433,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D grew its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 87.5% in 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 acquiring an additional 4,013,382 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 458.2% in the first quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,252,481 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $294,480,000 after acquiring an additional 2,669,771 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 17.5% in the first quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 13,858,639 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,254,761,000 after acquiring an additional 2,064,842 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 33.5% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 4,696,203 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $425,194,000 after acquiring an additional 1,178,304 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1,384.8% in the first quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 879,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $79,641,000 after acquiring an additional 820,378 shares in the last quarter. 60.03% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VNQ opened at $90.23 on Wednesday. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 52-week low of $76.92 and a 52-week high of $99.20. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $90.94 and a 200 day moving average of $89.44. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.79 billion, a PE ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 0.91.

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.