Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ Shares Sold by River Street Advisors LLC

River Street Advisors LLC trimmed its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 15.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 48,283 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 8,531 shares during the period. Vanguard Real Estate ETF makes up 1.9% of River Street Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position. River Street Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $4,300,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of VNQ. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 87.5% during the first quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 8,598,869 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $778,542,000 after acquiring an additional 4,013,382 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 458.2% during the 1st quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 3,252,481 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $294,480,000 after purchasing an additional 2,669,771 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 17.5% during the 1st quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 13,858,639 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,254,761,000 after purchasing an additional 2,064,842 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 33.5% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 4,696,203 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $425,194,000 after purchasing an additional 1,178,304 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1,384.8% during the 1st quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 879,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $79,641,000 after purchasing an additional 820,378 shares in the last quarter. 60.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Trading Down 0.5%

VNQ stock opened at $91.08 on Friday. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a twelve month low of $76.92 and a twelve month high of $99.20. The company has a market capitalization of $34.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 0.91. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $90.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of $89.46.

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.