Rockingstone Advisors LLC Decreases Stock Position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ)

Rockingstone Advisors LLC reduced its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 7.3% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,472 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 665 shares during the period. Rockingstone Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $825,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in VNQ. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 87.5% during the 4th quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 9,746,685 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $861,217,000 after buying an additional 4,547,414 shares during the last quarter. Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University purchased a new stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $150,204,000. Beacon Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 223.8% during the 1st quarter. Beacon Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,857,598 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $157,952,000 after buying an additional 1,283,964 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 376.1% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,367,653 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $118,275,000 after buying an additional 1,080,371 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 199.2% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,242,219 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $107,427,000 after buying an additional 826,971 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of VNQ opened at $94.46 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $37.18 billion, a PE ratio of 22.09 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $94.54 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $87.53. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 1-year low of $70.61 and a 1-year high of $99.58.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Company 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.