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About Vanguard Health Care ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund offers broad exposure to healthcare companies in the US. It holds firms that stretch across multiple industries from the broadly defined healthcare space. This includes healthcare provider and services companies, healthcare equipment and supplies manufacturers and distributors, healthcare technology firms, and companies involved in the research, development, production, and marketing of pharmaceuticals and biotech products. The funds large basket stems from its total market universe. Holdings are weighted by market capitalization and are diversified by applying limits on regulated investment companies, such that no group entity exceeds 25% of the index weight and the aggregate weight of issuers with over 5% weight in the index are capped at 50% of the portfolio. The index is rebalanced quarterly.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Health Technology
Health Services
Stocks97.00%
Health Technology75.79%
Health Services16.41%
Distribution Services3.27%
Technology Services0.91%
Commercial Services0.32%
Finance0.25%
Process Industries0.03%
Electronic Technology0.01%
Transportation0.00%
Bonds, Cash & Other3.00%
Cash3.00%
Miscellaneous0.00%
Stock breakdown by region
North America97.11%
Europe2.86%
Asia0.01%
Latin America0.01%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
VHT invests in stocks. The fund's major sectors are Health Technology, with 75.79% stocks, and Health Services, with 16.41% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
VHT top holdings are Eli Lilly and Company and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated, occupying 12.37% and 6.46% of the portfolio correspondingly.
VHT last dividends amounted to 0.94 USD. The quarter before, the issuer paid 0.92 USD in dividends, which shows a 2.21% increase.
VHT assets under management is 15.04 B USD. It's fallen 3.43% over the last month.
VHT fund flows account for −1.33 B USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, VHT pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.64%. The last dividend (Mar 27, 2025) amounted to 0.94 USD. The dividends are paid quarterly.
VHT shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc. under the brand Vanguard. The ETF was launched on Jan 26, 2004, and its management style is Passive.
VHT expense ratio is 0.09% meaning you'd have to pay 0.09% of your investment to help manage the fund.
VHT follows the MSCI US IMI 25/50 Health Care. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
VHT invests in stocks.
VHT price has fallen by −4.10% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a −5.91% decrease. See more dynamics on VHT price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have fallen by −2.21% over the last month, showed a −9.10% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −5.45% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have fallen by −2.21% over the last month, showed a −9.10% decrease in three-month performance and has decreased by −5.45% in a year.
VHT trades at a premium (0.04%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.