First Pacific Financial Takes $102,000 Position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF $VNQ

First Pacific Financial bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 1,140 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $102,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VNQ. State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D grew its position in shares of 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 valued at $778,542,000 after acquiring an additional 4,013,382 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its stake in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 458.2% in 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 buying 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% in 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 buying 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% in 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 buying 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% in the 1st quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 879,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $79,641,000 after buying an additional 820,378 shares in the last quarter. 60.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Vanguard Real Estate ETF stock opened at $91.56 on Thursday. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 1-year low of $76.92 and a 1-year high of $99.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $34.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 0.91. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $90.98 and a 200 day simple moving average of $89.47.

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.