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VNQ VANGUARD REAL ESTATE ETF

2026Q2 · CUSIP 922908553 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
1,814
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+27
Last quarter 1,787 → now 1,814
How unusual is that
Top 20%
Stronger buying than 83% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

1,814 funds held VNQ at the end of 2026Q2, up 27 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 83.0% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. VNQ has had 31 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=480 2013Q4: holders=546 2014Q1: holders=587 2014Q2: holders=613 2014Q3: holders=610 2014Q4: holders=720 2015Q1: holders=733 2015Q2: holders=707 2015Q3: holders=709 2015Q4: holders=777 2016Q1: holders=799 2016Q2: holders=842 2016Q3: holders=852 2016Q4: holders=909 2017Q1: holders=947 2017Q2: holders=936 2017Q3: holders=944 2017Q4: holders=1045 2018Q1: holders=1021 2018Q2: holders=1025 2018Q3: holders=1039 2018Q4: holders=1120 2019Q1: holders=1179 2019Q2: holders=1189 2019Q3: holders=1225 2019Q4: holders=1386 2020Q1: holders=1276 2020Q2: holders=1220 2020Q3: holders=1200 2020Q4: holders=1320 2021Q1: holders=1352 2021Q2: holders=1402 2021Q3: holders=1440 2021Q4: holders=1687 2022Q1: holders=1645 2022Q2: holders=1574 2022Q3: holders=1509 2022Q4: holders=1611 2023Q1: holders=1589 2023Q2: holders=1556 2023Q3: holders=1528 2023Q4: holders=1675 2024Q1: holders=1637 2024Q2: holders=1587 2024Q3: holders=1665 2024Q4: holders=1741 2025Q1: holders=1719 2025Q2: holders=1675 2025Q3: holders=1680 2025Q4: holders=1768 2026Q1: holders=1787 2026Q2: holders=1814 -247 -123.5 +0 +123.5 +247 43211691905 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 31 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 20% — —
2026Q1 Top 20% — —
2025Q4 Top 5% — —
2024Q4 Top 10% — —
2024Q3 Top 5% — —
2023Q4 Top 5% — —
2022Q4 Top 5% — —
2021Q4 Top 1% in the market — —

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
182
Change in large funds
+22
Total value they hold
$22.0B
Funds buying for the first time
146
Funds that sold out entirely
119
Price change that quarter
—
Funds holding puts (bearish)
9
Funds holding calls (bullish)
10

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

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2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.