HighTower Advisors LLC Sells 22,637 Shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

HighTower Advisors LLC reduced its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 3.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 723,048 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 22,637 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.19% of Vanguard Real Estate ETF worth $63,982,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Lansing Street Advisors increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Lansing Street Advisors now owns 3,979 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $364,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 8.4% during the 4th quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,414 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $125,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Kovack Advisors Inc. now owns 13,068 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,195,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Nestegg Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Nestegg Advisors Inc. now owns 12,066 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,068,000 after purchasing an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Finally, VERITY Wealth Advisors increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. VERITY Wealth Advisors now owns 24,712 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,187,000 after purchasing an additional 113 shares in the last quarter. 60.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Up 1.3%

Shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF stock opened at $96.49 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $93.15 and a 200 day simple moving average of $91.68. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 12-month low of $86.36 and a 12-month high of $97.37.

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.