Leavell Investment Management Inc. Has $2.15 Million Stock Holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

Leavell Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 1.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 24,150 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 369 shares during the quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $2,151,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of VNQ. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D raised its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 87.5% during the 1st quarter. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D now owns 8,598,869 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $778,542,000 after purchasing an additional 4,013,382 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its holdings 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 worth $294,480,000 after acquiring an additional 2,669,771 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 17.5% in the 1st quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 13,858,639 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,254,761,000 after acquiring an additional 2,064,842 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 33.5% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 4,696,203 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $425,194,000 after acquiring an additional 1,178,304 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1,384.8% in 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 during the period. Institutional investors own 60.03% of the company’s stock.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA VNQ opened at $92.43 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $91.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $89.73. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a one year low of $76.92 and a one year high of $99.20. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 0.91.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF 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.