Greenwood Gearhart Inc. Grows Position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Greenwood Gearhart Inc. grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 3.9% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 159,589 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,930 shares during the quarter. Greenwood Gearhart Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $14,122,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VNQ. State Street Corp lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 735.3% in the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,592,905 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $141,864,000 after acquiring an additional 1,402,196 shares during the period. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 97.2% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 2,220,304 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $197,740,000 after acquiring an additional 1,094,540 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 8.4% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 10,960,194 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,001,981,000 after acquiring an additional 847,016 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 10,039,327 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $888,380,000 after acquiring an additional 695,474 shares during the period. Finally, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec lifted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 79.8% in the third quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec now owns 1,223,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $111,807,000 after acquiring an additional 542,700 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 60.03% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of VNQ stock opened at $96.62 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $93.01 and a 200 day moving average of $91.39. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 52 week low of $86.36 and a 52 week high of $97.37. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.00.

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.