Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) Sees Strong Trading Volume

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (NASDAQ:VNQI) saw strong trading volume on Wednesday . 200,569 shares changed hands during trading, a decline of 9% from the previous session’s volume of 221,282 shares.The stock last traded at $39.95 and had previously closed at $39.75.

Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF Price Performance

The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $40.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $40.47. The company has a market capitalization of $3.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.95 and a beta of 0.76.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 60,182.9% during the 4th quarter. Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC now owns 193,739,478 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,009,190,000 after purchasing an additional 193,418,094 shares during the period. Empower Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4.0% in the third quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 13,569,242 shares of the company’s stock valued at $528,251,000 after purchasing an additional 518,271 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 4.9% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc. now owns 6,798,219 shares of the company’s stock worth $289,536,000 after buying an additional 316,428 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 80.4% during the fourth quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 6,292,829 shares of the company’s stock worth $268,012,000 after acquiring an additional 2,805,501 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF by 125.2% during the 4th quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 3,919,960 shares of the company’s stock worth $162,051,000 after purchasing an additional 2,179,319 shares in the last quarter.

About Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF

The Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Real Estate ETF (VNQI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Global x United States Property index, a market-cap-weighted index of non-US real estate investment trusts. VNQI was launched on Nov 1, 2010 and is managed by Vanguard.