Investors Buy Large Volume of Vanguard Real Estate ETF Put Options (NYSEARCA:VNQ)

Vanguard Real Estate ETF (NYSEARCA:VNQ) saw some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Traders purchased 3,385 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 128% compared to the average volume of 1,486 put options.

Vanguard Real Estate ETF Stock Performance

VNQ stock opened at $89.22 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $94.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.58 and a beta of 1.02. Vanguard Real Estate ETF has a 1 year low of $76.92 and a 1 year high of $99.58. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $88.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $89.54.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Real Estate ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Real Estate ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $1,349,000. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC raised its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 22.4% in the fourth quarter. Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC now owns 16,044 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,429,000 after acquiring an additional 2,936 shares in the last quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC raised its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 3.9% in the first quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 10,909 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $988,000 after acquiring an additional 413 shares in the last quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. raised its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. now owns 834,703 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $74,355,000 after acquiring an additional 17,599 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northern Trust Corp raised its position in Vanguard Real Estate ETF by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 132,694 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,820,000 after acquiring an additional 2,686 shares in the last quarter.

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.