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Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) Price, Holdings, & News

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$314.70 -1.52 (-0.48%)
As of 04:10 PM Eastern

About Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$312.66
$315.23
50-Day Range
$280.41
$316.72
52-Week Range
$249.57
$319.00
Volume
146,349 shs
Average Volume
231,575 shs
Market Capitalization
$18.73 billion
Assets Under Management
$19.04 billion
Dividend Yield
1.50%
Net Expense Ratio
0.09%
Aggregate Rating
Moderate Buy

ETF Overview

Vanguard Health Care ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the health care sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of two main industry groups. The first group includes companies that manufacture health care equipment and supplies or provide health care related services (such as distributors of health care products, providers of basic health care services, and owners and operators of health care facilities and organizations). The second group includes companies primarily involved in the research, development, production, and marketing of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology products. The Vanguard Group, Inc., through its Quantitative Equity Group, serves as the investment advisor of the Fund.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Expenses

TypeVHTHealth Care ETFsEquity ETFsNYSEARCA ETFsAll ETFs
Management Fee0.08%0.55%0.57%0.51%0.53%
Other Expenses0.01%0.52%0.53%0.60%0.54%
Total Expense0.09%0.76%0.75%0.75%0.73%
Fee Waiver0.00%-0.85%-0.67%-0.77%-0.68%
Net Expense0.09%0.58%0.63%0.57%0.60%
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VHT ETF - Frequently Asked Questions

Vanguard Health Care ETF's stock was trading at $287.85 at the beginning of the year. Since then, VHT shares have increased by 9.3% and is now trading at $314.70.

Top institutional shareholders of Vanguard Health Care ETF include Allied Investment Advisors LLC (0.30%), Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. (0.23%), Trust Co. of Vermont (0.17%) and Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC (0.09%).

Shares of VHT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Vanguard Health Care ETF investors own include Net Lease Office Properties (NLOP), Pfizer (PFE), Meta Platforms (META), NVIDIA (NVDA), AbbVie (ABBV), Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) and AT&T (T).

Fund Details

Issuer
Vanguard
Fund Name
Vanguard Health Care ETF
Tax Classification
Regulated Investment Company
Stock Exchange
NYSEARCA
Current Symbol
NYSEARCA:VHT
Inception Date
1/26/2004
Fund Manager
Walter Nejman, Michelle Louie

Fund Focus

Asset Class
Equity
Benchmark
MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index
Category
Sector
Focus
Health Care
Development Level
Developed Markets
Region
North America
Number of Holdings
428

Fund Statistics

Assets Under Management
$19.04 billion
Average Daily Volume
$214.66 thousand
Discount/Premium
0.12%

Administrator, Advisor and Custodian

Administrator
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corporation
Transfer Agent
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Trustee
N/A
Lead Market Maker
Latour Trading

Options

Optionable
Optionable
Options Volume
25
Put Options
18
Call Options
7
Short Interest
149,578 shs

Miscellaneous

Beta
0.59
Creation Unit
25,000
Creation Fee
$550.00
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This page (NYSEARCA:VHT) was last updated on 8/14/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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