Las Vegas Sands Corp. vs Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Las Vegas Sands Corp. trades at $36.09 (market cap $23.38B), while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF trades at $90.47 (market cap $70.80B). The key difference: Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF is far larger — about 3× Las Vegas Sands Corp.'s market cap, and Las Vegas Sands Corp. pays a 3.32% dividend while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals — on Pluang, investors hold Las Vegas Sands Corp. for 72 Days and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF for 113 Days on average.
| LVS | VNQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $23.38B | $70.80B |
Volume | 6,994,661 | 6,073,580 |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | — |
52-Week High | $69.49 | $100.95 |
52-Week Low | $35.81 | $87.00 |
Typical Hold Time | 72 Days | 113 Days |
Enterprise Value | $35.27B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.32% | — |
Signals from Pluang's Aura AI — not financial advice
LVS trades at $36.15, up 0.95% on the day, with a bearish technical signal from moving averages but oversold RSI readings. The company reported strong revenue growth to $13.02B in 2025 and a net income of $1.63B, with a P/E of 13.99 suggesting reasonable valuation. Recent news highlights Sands China's community initiatives and awards, while Q2 2026 earnings missed expectations.
The investment outlook is mixed: analyst consensus is bullish with a $59.78 price target, but high debt levels and a recent earnings miss pose risks. Upside potential exists if the company maintains revenue growth and executes its stock repurchase program, though sensitivity to Macao's tourism recovery and interest rates remains a key concern.
VNQ trades at $90.50, up 2.04% today but facing a bearish technical trend with key support at $87. The ETF's fundamentals are obscured by missing valuation ratios, while sentiment is mixed amid rising interest rates pressuring REIT yields. Recent news highlights institutional buying but also concerns over dividend sustainability versus Treasury bills.
Outlook remains cautious due to interest rate sensitivity and sector oversupply risks. Opportunities exist for contrarian investors seeking long-term real estate exposure, but near-term headwinds from Fed policy and economic volatility warrant careful risk assessment.
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Las Vegas Sands is the world's largest operator of fully integrated resorts, featuring casino, hotel, entertainment, food and beverage, retail, and convention center operations. The company owns the Venetian Macao, Sands Macao, Londoner, Four Seasons Hotel Macao, and Parisian in Macao, and the Marina Bay Sands resort in Singapore. Its Venetian and Palazzo Las Vegas in the U.S. asets were sold to Apollo and VICI for $6.25 billion in 2022. We expect Sands to open a fourth tower in Singapore in 2026. After the sale of its Vegas assets, the company will generate all its EBITDA from Asia, with its casino operations generating the majority of sales.
Read more on LVS →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small US companies within the real estate sector. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.
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