UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp Purchases 30,818 Shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ)

UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) by 781.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 34,763 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 30,818 shares during the quarter. UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp’s holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF were worth $3,097,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VNQ. Empower Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 3.2% during the 4th quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 11,793,797 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,050,591,000 after acquiring an additional 370,503 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 9,979,016 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $972,156,000 after purchasing an additional 263,065 shares during the last quarter. US Bancorp DE grew its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 11.5% in the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 5,665,065 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $504,644,000 after purchasing an additional 585,657 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 2,270,349 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $202,243,000 after buying an additional 79,954 shares during the period. Finally, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $209,453,000.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Price Performance

Shares of VNQ opened at $89.71 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $97.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.73 and a beta of 1.08. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a one year low of $78.27 and a one year high of $99.58. The business has a fifty day moving average of $91.32 and a 200 day moving average of $93.27.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be given a dividend of $0.9319 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 25th.

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.