Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT)

NYSEARCA: VHT · Real-Time Price · USD
263.30
-3.06 (-1.15%)
At close: Dec 11, 2024, 4:00 PM
263.20
-0.10 (-0.04%)
Pre-market: Dec 12, 2024, 8:50 AM EST
-1.15%
Assets $17.36B
Expense Ratio 0.10%
PE Ratio 23.88
Shares Out 87.27M
Dividend (ttm) $3.85
Dividend Yield 1.46%
Ex-Dividend Date Sep 27, 2024
Payout Ratio 34.89%
1-Year Return +9.34%
Volume 232,400
Open 265.91
Previous Close 266.36
Day's Range 263.17 - 265.95
52-Week Low 242.49
52-Week High 289.14
Beta 0.70
Holdings 416
Inception Date Jan 26, 2004

About VHT

Fund Home Page

The Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI US IMI 25/50 Health Care indexThe fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US healthcare stocks VHT was launched on Jan 26, 2004 and is issued by Vanguard.

Asset Class Equity
Category Health
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol VHT
ETF Provider Vanguard
Index Tracked MSCI US IMI 25/50 Health Care

Top 10 Holdings

47.96% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Eli Lilly and Company LLY 10.81%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH 8.38%
AbbVie Inc. ABBV 5.26%
Johnson & Johnson JNJ 4.69%
Merck & Co., Inc. MRK 3.99%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO 3.36%
Abbott Laboratories ABT 3.18%
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. ISRG 2.88%
Amgen Inc. AMGN 2.77%
Danaher Corporation DHR 2.64%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Sep 27, 2024 $1.167 Oct 1, 2024
Jun 28, 2024 $0.966 Jul 2, 2024
Mar 22, 2024 $0.819 Mar 27, 2024
Dec 19, 2023 $0.895 Dec 22, 2023
Sep 28, 2023 $0.877 Oct 3, 2023
Jun 29, 2023 $0.877 Jul 5, 2023
Full Dividend History

News

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3 months ago - Seeking Alpha

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