Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund VNQ · AMEX
$93.96 +0.10% (+$0.09)
Summary
Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by Vanguard. Positions inside: 145. The ten largest make up 44% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.13%
- Fund size
- $66.4B
- Positions
- 145
- Dividend yield
- 3.63%
- Running since
- 2004
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.13% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.74%).
- A large fund with $66.4B under management.
- Easy to buy and sell: about $340.7M changes hands a day.
- It has been running since 2004.
What to watch
- 99% of the fund is in one sector (Real estate).
- 100% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 39% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +4.7%
- 3 months
- -5.6%
- This year
- +6.1%
- 1 year
- +5.5%
- 3 years
- +31%
- 5 years
- -14%
- 10 years
- +17%
- Avg. market cap
- $65.0B
- P/E
- 32.9x
- Forward P/E
- 37.3x
- P/S
- 5.8x
- P/B
- 2.7x
- P/FCF
- 25.9x
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.9x
- Dividend yield
- 3.44%
- ROIC
- 7.3%
- ROE
- 18.9%
- Gross margin
- 43.1%
- Operating margin
- 28.6%
- Net margin
- 25.0%
- Payout ratio
- 113.4%
- Net debt/EBITDA
- 3.4x
- Beta
- 0.99
Weighted average of the 50 largest companies, which make up 74% of the fund. Banks and insurers are left out of the gross margin, the ROIC and the EBITDA figures.
What is inside?
Moderately concentrated- 1 WEWelltower WELL 9.1%
- 2 PLPrologis PLD 6.9%
- 3 EQEquinix EQIX 5.7%
- 4 AMAmerican Tower AMT 4.3%
- 5 SPSimon Property Group, Inc. SPG 3.7%
- 6 DLDigital Realty DLR 3.7%
- 7 ORealty Income O 2.8%
- 8 PSPublic Storage PSA 2.7%
- 9 VMEquity Residential VMRK 2.5%
- 10 VTVentas, Inc. VTR 2.3%
Positions in the fund: 145. The ten largest make up 44% of it.
Composition as of Oct 24, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One sector dominatesBy sector
- Real estate 99%
- Communication services 0.4%
- Energy 0.2%
- Industrials 0.02%
By country
- United States 100%
By company size
- Large cap 81%
- Mid cap 17%
- Small cap 2.5%
- Micro cap 0.06%
By the company's market value: Mega cap from $200B, Large cap from $10B, Mid cap from $2B, Small cap from $300M, Micro cap below $300M. Counted from the companies that make up 85% of the fund.
Largest sector: Real estate (99%). Largest country: United States (100%). Largest size group: Large cap (81%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $13.00
- Over 20 years
- $649
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $13.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $649.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +1.6%
- Deepest drop
- -39%
- Yearly volatility
- 14%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 1.6%. Deepest drop in these years: 39% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 3.63%
- Payments a year
- 4
- Last payment
- $0.80
Over the last 12 months it paid $3.41 per share, which is 3.63% of today's price. The last payment was $0.80 on Sep 23, 2026.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
Very easy- Traded a day
- $340.7M
- Shares a day
- 3.6M
On an average day about $340.7M of the fund changes hands.
How expensive are the companies inside?
Rather expensive- P/E of the companies inside
- 32.9
- Average Bulios Score
- 66 out of 100
Weight by Bulios Fair Price
- Undervalued 20%
- Fairly valued 18%
- Overvalued 61%
On average the companies inside trade for 32.9 times their yearly profit. By Fair Price, 61% of the rated weight comes out as overvalued.
Counted from its largest companies (50), which make up 74% of the fund. Each company counts by its weight. We use the metrics, the Bulios Score and the Fair Price of the companies themselves.
Similar funds
Funds that hold much of the same. The overlap says how much of their weight they share with this fund.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
VG VGSNX Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund Institutional Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.11% | $66.5B | +5.5% | Pays out | 85% |
VG VGSLX Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund Admiral Shares· mutual fund | United States | 0.13% | $66.5B | +5.5% | Pays out | 85% |
FS FSRNX Fidelity Real Estate Index Fund· mutual fund | - | - | $3.00B | +6.1% | Pays out | 82% |
FR FREL Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF | United States | 0.08% | $1.12B | +5.5% | Pays out | 81% |
SC SCHH Schwab U.S. REIT ETF | United States | 0.07% | $10.9B | +9.7% | Pays out | 78% |
DF DFAR DFA Real Estate Securities Portfolio ETF Class Shares | United States | 0.22% | $1.62B | +9.4% | Pays out | 75% |