Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF vs State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF — how do they compare? Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF trades at $99.41, while State Street Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF trades at $45.21. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VNQ | XLRE | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $100.07 | $45.46 |
52-Week Low | $87.00 | $40.01 |
Sector | — | Sector/Thematic |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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.
Read more on VNQ →XLRE tracks the Real Estate Select Sector Index, providing exposure to S&P 500 real estate companies. It focuses on equity REITs across residential, industrial, and healthcare sub-sectors, with top holdings like Welltower, Prologis, and American Tower.
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