Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) Position Lifted by Chesapeake Wealth Management

Chesapeake Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 1.9% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 9,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 173 shares during the quarter. Chesapeake Wealth Management’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $828,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 11,423,294 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,112,857,000 after purchasing an additional 125,586 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.7% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 9,979,016 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $972,156,000 after acquiring an additional 263,065 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 7.0% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 7,994,347 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $669,716,000 after acquiring an additional 523,467 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.5% in the 3rd quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 5,079,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $494,836,000 after acquiring an additional 123,161 shares during the period. Finally, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 465.1% in the 3rd quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 4,585,487 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $446,718,000 after acquiring an additional 3,774,000 shares during the period.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Down 0.1 %

VNQ stock opened at $89.65 on Tuesday. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a fifty-two week low of $78.27 and a fifty-two week high of $99.58. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $92.25 and its 200 day simple moving average is $92.97. The stock has a market cap of $35.29 billion, a PE ratio of 22.09 and a beta of 1.03.

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.