Vanguard Real Estate ETF
$91.82−1.80 (−1.92%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.13%
- Fund size
- $70.8B
- 1Y return
- +6.1%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- 3.71%
- Holdings
- 158
- Volume · 30D
- 3.2M sh
- NAV per share
- $93.63
- 52W range
The ETF.net VNQ Grade
Score 76 of 100 sits in the A band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.AScore 76Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 100Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.BScore 55Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.BScore 59Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.BScore 69Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.AScore 93Category rank
Our read on VNQ
AThe 2004 original in US listed real estate: one ticker for nearly the whole property market, from the biggest landlords down to small ones, at a fraction of the typical sector fee.
The fund seeks high income and moderate long-term capital appreciation by tracking an index of publicly traded equity REITs and other U.S. real-estate-related investments.
Why people hold it
- 0.13% a year versus a peer-group median of 0.37%. On a sector fund, the fee is the part you actually control.
- Full replication of the MSCI US IM Real Estate 25/50 Index: about 160 names, and the 25/50 rules cap how big any single issuer can get.investor.vanguard.com
- A multi-tens-of-billions fund and one of the most actively traded in its category, so entering and exiting rarely means fighting the spread.
- Income is the stated mandate: high income plus moderate long-term capital appreciation from listed REITs, paid out quarterly, with Vanguard running it since 2004.fund-docs.vanguard.com
Worth knowing
- Not the cheapest shelf in the aisle. SCHH charges 0.07% and USRT, FREL and XLRE 0.08%, so a few basis points separate it from its closest rivals.
- One sector, and a rate-sensitive one. REIT borrowing costs and valuations track interest rates, so the ride is bumpier than a total-market fund.fund-docs.vanguard.com
- The index reaches past classic landlords into data-center and other specialized REITs plus real estate services and development firms. Broader than pure property.investor.vanguard.com
VNQ Holdings
- Other
- 158
- 51%
- WELL
Sectors
- Real Estate99.5%
- Communication0.4%
- Energy0.1%
- Industrials0.0%
Geography
- United States99.80%
- Bermuda0.20%
VNQ Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
VNQ$10,609
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | VNQ |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +7.9% |
| 1 month | −5.0% |
| 3 months | −2.2% |
| 1 year | +6.1% |
| 3 years | +10.8% |
| 5 years | +1.2% |
| 10 years | +4.6% |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | VNQ |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +7.9% | |
| 2025 | +3.3% | |
| 2024 | +4.8% | |
| 2023 | +11.8% | |
| 2022 | −26.2% | |
| 2021 | +40.5% | |
| 2020 | −4.7% |
VNQ in the news
VNQ Dividends
- 3.71%
- $3.47
- $0.86 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | Pays Sep 25, 2026 | $0.80 |
| Jun 24, 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 | $0.86 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Mar 26, 2026 | $0.95 |
| Dec 22, 2025 | Dec 24, 2025 | $0.80 |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Sep 26, 2025 | $0.87 |
| Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $0.87 |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Mar 27, 2025 | $0.93 |
| Dec 23, 2024 | Dec 26, 2024 | $0.86 |
| Sep 27, 2024 | Oct 1, 2024 | $0.81 |
| Jun 28, 2024 | Jul 2, 2024 | $1.03 |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Mar 27, 2024 | $0.73 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | Dec 27, 2023 | $1.07 |
VNQ Risk
- 16.8%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 0.36
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −34.5%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.98
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
VNQ Cost
0.13%
VNQ0.13%
- The middle half of US Real Estate funds
- Median 0.35%
5 of the 21 US Real Estate funds charge less.