Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) Sets New 12-Month High – Here’s What Happened

by · The Markets Daily

Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT – Get Free Report) reached a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Thursday. The stock traded as high as $354.90 and last traded at $350.58, with a volume of 1,025 shares. The stock had previously closed at $349.35.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Trading Down 0.3%

The stock has a market cap of $21.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.57. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $325.40 and a 200-day simple moving average of $298.61.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 6.4% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,712,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $466,419,000 after acquiring an additional 103,206 shares during the period. Everett Harris & Co. CA grew its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Everett Harris & Co. CA now owns 737,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,162,000 after purchasing an additional 4,069 shares in the last quarter. Allied Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 5.4% during the 2nd quarter. Allied Investment Advisors LLC now owns 180,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,103,000 after purchasing an additional 9,234 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 138,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,445,000 after purchasing an additional 2,025 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 49.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 132,369 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,580,000 after purchasing an additional 43,732 shares during the period.

About Vanguard Health Care ETF

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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).

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