Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) to Issue Quarterly Dividend of $0.80

Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, April 3rd. Investors 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) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 22nd.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Trading Down 0.4%

VNQ traded down $0.34 on Friday, hitting $88.59. 4,162,006 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,548,122. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $90.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $90.32. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.42 billion, a PE ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.03. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 52 week low of $76.92 and a 52 week high of $94.95.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Company 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.