Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US IMI Real Estate 25/50 Index. The VNQ ETF contains 168 constituents. It is focused on blend holdings in the North America region.
Price $77.54 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 4.02% |
| Expense ratio | 0.12% |
| Average spread | 0.013% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.133% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -8.4% | -3.5% | 6.3% | -4.1% | -4.7% | -7.4% | 8.6% | -6.0% | -12.9% | -3.3% | -35.4% | ||
| 2021 | 0.0% | 3.4% | 5.2% | 7.9% | 0.8% | 2.6% | 4.4% | 2.2% | -5.7% | 7.1% | -2.1% | 9.7% | 35.5% |
| 2020 | 1.2% | -7.0% | -19.4% | 9.0% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 3.6% | 0.4% | -2.7% | -3.0% | 9.7% | 2.7% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 11.9% | 0.7% | 4.2% | -0.2% | 0.1% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 3.7% | 1.9% | 1.1% | -1.3% | 0.8% | 26.3% |
| 2018 | -4.3% | -7.7% | 3.9% | 0.8% | 3.7% | 4.2% | 0.6% | 2.6% | -2.7% | -2.9% | 4.7% | -8.0% | -5.0% |
| 2017 | -0.2% | 3.5% | -2.4% | 0.2% | -0.7% | 2.2% | 1.2% | -0.3% | -0.1% | -1.1% | 2.7% | -0.1% | 4.9% |
| 2016 | -3.4% | -0.4% | 10.5% | -2.4% | 2.2% | 6.9% | 4.3% | -3.8% | -1.8% | -5.7% | -1.7% | 4.8% | 9.6% |
| 2015 | 6.9% | -3.7% | 1.7% | -5.8% | -0.3% | -4.7% | 5.8% | -6.3% | 3.1% | 5.8% | -0.6% | 1.8% | 3.6% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | 5.1% | 0.5% | 3.3% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 0.1% | 3.0% | -6.0% | 9.9% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 27.6% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 6.7% | -6.0% | -2.0% | 0.9% | -7.0% | 3.5% | 4.5% | -5.3% | 0.1% | 3.4% |
| 2012 | 6.4% | -1.2% | 5.2% | 2.9% | -4.5% | 5.5% | 2.0% | -0.0% | -1.9% | -0.9% | -0.3% | 3.7% | 17.0% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | 4.7% | -1.6% | 5.7% | 1.4% | -3.3% | 1.6% | -5.6% | -10.8% | 14.3% | -3.8% | 4.9% | 10.6% |
| 21.3% | -4.8% | 16.9% | 24.1% | -3.8% | 9.2% | 34.8% | -17.0% | -36.1% | 25.8% | 4.0% | 22.3% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.92 | 2.06 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.53 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 1.05 | 2.96 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.59 | 1.34 | 3.33 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 0.62 | 0.83 | 0.74 | 0.96 | 3.14 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 1.14 | 0.95 | 3.53 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.59 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 1.26 | 3.51 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.92 | 0.76 | 0.60 | 1.70 | 3.98 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 0.51 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 1.10 | 3.12 | ||||||||
| 2014 | 0.45 | 0.69 | 0.67 | 1.10 | 2.92 | ||||||||
| 2013 | 0.53 | 0.63 | 0.62 | 1.01 | 2.79 | ||||||||
| 2012 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.80 | 2.34 | ||||||||
| 2011 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.64 | 2.05 | ||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 8.56 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 11.90 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Vanguard Real Estate II Index Fund Institutional Plus Shares | 11.49% |
| American Tower Corporation | 7.46% |
| Prologis, Inc. | 5.60% |
| Crown Castle International Corp | 4.67% |
| Equinix, Inc. | 4.22% |
| Public Storage | 2.86% |
| Digital Realty Trust, Inc. | 2.54% |
| Simon Property Group, Inc. | 2.42% |
| SBA Communications Corp. Class A | 2.21% |
| Welltower, Inc. | 2.05% |
| CBRE Group, Inc. Class A | 1.82% |
| AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | 1.80% |
| Equity Residential | 1.65% |
| Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. | 1.62% |
| Realty Income Corporation | 1.52% |
| Top 15 Weights | 53.93% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VNQ | FPRO | FRI | ICF | REIT | USRT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard REIT ETF | Fidelity Real Estate Investment ETF | First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund | iShares Cohen & Steers REIT ETF | ALPS Active REIT ETF | iShares Core U.S. REIT ETF |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Fidelity | First Trust | iShares | ALPS | iShares |
| Price | $77.54 | $18.71 | $22.66 | $51.28 | $22.543 | $46.62 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.12% |  0.59% | 0.5% | 0.33% | 0.68% |  0.08% |
| Average Spread | 0.013% | 0.053% | 0.088% | 0.059% | 0.222% | 0.064% |
| AUM | $32,877,300,000 | $14,774,900 | $155,408,000 | $1,964,290,000 | $18,335,000 | $1,880,960,000 |
| Shares | 424,004,952 | 789,679 | 6,858,263 | 38,305,205 | 813,333 | 40,346,620 |
| Average Daily Volume | 6,797,770 | 2,975 | 100,289 | 299,957 | 2,893 | 308,367 |
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| Inception Date | 2004-09-23 | 2021-02-02 | 2007-05-08 | 2001-01-29 | 2021-02-25 | 2007-05-01 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI US IMI Real Estate 25/50 Index | No Underlying Index | S&P United States REIT | Cohen & Steers Realty Majors Index | No Underlying Index | FTSE Nareit Equity REITS index |
| Category | Real Estate | Global Real Estate | Real Estate | Real Estate | Real Estate | Real Estate |
| Asset Class | Real Estate | Equity | Real Estate | Real Estate | Real Estate | Real Estate |
| Asset Class Size | Large/Mid Caps | Large/Mid Caps | Large Caps | Large/Mid Caps | ||
| Value or Growth | Blend | Blend | Blend | Blend | ||
| Region | North America | Europe | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $3.116 | $0.551 | $0.605 | $1.529 | $1.474 | $1.747 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.040% | 0.029% | 0.027% | 0.030% | 0.065% | 0.037% |
| Number of Holdings | 168 | 43 | 154 | 30 | 0 | 146 |
| YTD Return | -31.63% | -30.69% | -29.52% | -31.50% | -26.33% | -29.52% |
| Beta | 1.32 | 0.82 | 1.27 | 1.32 | 0.90 | 1.27 |
| Upside Beta | 0.16 | -0.14 | 0.04 | 0.41 | -0.32 | 0.04 |
| Downside Beta | 0.11 | -0.41 | -0.08 | 0.30 | -0.60 | -0.11 |
| Volatility 1Y | 22.82% | 22.85% | 22.36% | 23.04% | 22.53% | 22.73% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | -0.29 | 0.00 | -0.29 | -0.29 | 0.00 | -0.27 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |