Citigroup Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Citigroup Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 21.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,064,081 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 184,461 shares during the quarter. Citigroup Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $94,767,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of VNQ. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 123.6% in the second quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 313 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 173 shares in the last quarter. Cohalo Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $29,000. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. grew its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 405.5% during the 2nd quarter. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. now owns 369 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 296 shares during the last quarter. Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Aberdeen Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF in the first quarter valued at about $40,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 60.03% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VNQ opened at $89.21 on Wednesday. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a fifty-two week low of $76.92 and a fifty-two week high of $99.20. The company has a market cap of $33.65 billion, a PE ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $90.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $90.19.

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.