Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.80 on December 24th

Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 3rd. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 22nd will be given a dividend of 0.8005 per share by the exchange traded fund on Wednesday, December 24th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 22nd.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Real Estate ETF stock traded down $0.34 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $88.59. 4,162,006 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 3,548,122. The company has a market cap of $33.42 billion, a PE ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $90.00 and a two-hundred day moving average of $90.32. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 12 month low of $76.92 and a 12 month high of $94.95.

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.