Courier Capital LLC Buys Shares of 2,500 Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ)

Courier Capital LLC bought a new stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 2,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $221,000.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 115,289.9% during the fourth quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,063,365,980 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $87,706,426,000 after purchasing an additional 1,062,444,438 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 16,464,307 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,357,976,000 after buying an additional 194,301 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 22.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 10,630,558 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $804,308,000 after buying an additional 1,955,619 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 5.8% during the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 10,254,994 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $775,893,000 after buying an additional 566,346 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 3.6% during the third quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 7,449,131 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $563,601,000 after buying an additional 257,323 shares during the period.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

VNQ stock opened at $85.88 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $85.03 and its 200 day moving average price is $82.01. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a fifty-two week low of $70.61 and a fifty-two week high of $90.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.40 and a beta of 0.91.

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.