Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT)
Description
The investment seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index. The VHT ETF contains 451 constituents. It is focused on growth holdings in the North America region.
Price $226.91 as of 2022-10-20Cost/Risk/Yield
| Dividend yield | 1.38% |
| Expense ratio | 0.1% |
| Average spread | 0.044% |
| 1Y roundtrip cost | 0.144% |
Historic prices
Total Returns (including dividends)
Monthly returns heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -7.9% | -1.0% | 5.0% | -5.9% | 1.0% | -2.3% | 3.9% | -5.4% | -3.0% | 1.4% | -14.1% | ||
| 2021 | 2.4% | -1.9% | 2.1% | 4.1% | 0.7% | 3.3% | 3.8% | 2.4% | -5.5% | 4.6% | -4.0% | 7.7% | 19.6% |
| 2020 | -2.5% | -6.2% | -5.0% | 13.4% | 4.4% | -1.6% | 5.2% | 2.4% | -1.4% | -2.9% | 8.8% | 4.2% | 18.8% |
| 2019 | 5.9% | 1.6% | 0.4% | -2.7% | -2.7% | 7.2% | -1.3% | -1.2% | -0.8% | 4.8% | 6.1% | 3.2% | 20.6% |
| 2018 | 6.8% | -4.2% | -2.4% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 6.0% | 5.0% | 2.2% | -7.7% | 6.5% | -9.1% | 7.1% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | 6.4% | -0.2% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 5.0% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.2% | -0.7% | 2.9% | -0.5% | 21.4% |
| 2016 | -9.3% | -0.5% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 0.6% | 5.4% | -3.2% | 0.2% | -7.2% | 2.7% | 0.5% | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | 4.6% | 1.4% | -2.0% | 5.3% | 0.1% | 2.9% | -8.1% | -6.6% | 6.8% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | 5.9% | -2.0% | -1.3% | 2.9% | 2.9% | -0.3% | 5.2% | -0.2% | 5.8% | 3.3% | -1.7% | 22.3% |
| 2013 | 7.6% | 1.3% | 6.2% | 2.8% | 1.9% | -0.6% | 7.6% | -3.4% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 5.1% | 0.8% | 36.7% |
| 2012 | 4.2% | 1.7% | 4.2% | -0.4% | -3.3% | 5.9% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 3.9% | -1.3% | 1.0% | -0.1% | 17.9% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 6.4% | 1.9% | -1.5% | -3.9% | -3.3% | -4.9% | 6.0% | 0.9% | 2.7% | 11.0% |
| 14.2% | 11.2% | 15.3% | 20.2% | 16.4% | 20.6% | 30.5% | -6.0% | -11.2% | 13.2% | 34.0% | 8.8% |
Historical Dividends
Monthly dividend heatmap
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.72 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 2.32 | |||||||||
| 2021 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.89 | 0.82 | 3.05 | ||||||||
| 2020 | 0.45 | 0.76 | 0.63 | 0.88 | 2.71 | ||||||||
| 2019 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 0.63 | 0.72 | 3.62 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 0.39 | 0.63 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 2.22 | ||||||||
| 2017 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.57 | 2.02 | ||||||||
| 2016 | 0.40 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 1.84 | ||||||||
| 2015 | 1.14 | 0.48 | 1.62 | ||||||||||
| 2013 | 1.14 | 1.14 | |||||||||||
| 2012 | 1.20 | 1.20 | |||||||||||
| 2011 | 1.05 | 1.05 | |||||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.95 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5.71 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7.99 |
Sectors and Top Holdings
| Security | % Assets |
|---|---|
| Johnson & Johnson | 7.31% |
| UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | 6.30% |
| Pfizer Inc. | 4.13% |
| Abbott Laboratories | 3.60% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 3.50% |
| AbbVie, Inc. | 3.42% |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 3.38% |
| Danaher Corporation | 3.34% |
| Merck & Co., Inc. | 3.10% |
| Medtronic Plc | 2.88% |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 2.39% |
| Amgen Inc. | 2.08% |
| Moderna, Inc. | 2.06% |
| Intuitive Surgical, Inc. | 2.00% |
| CVS Health Corporation | 1.82% |
| Top 15 Weights | 51.31% |
Compare with similar ETFs
| VHT | FHLC | IXJ | IYH | JHMH | XLV | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product name | Vanguard Health Care ETF | FIDELITY MSCI HEALTH CARE INDEX ETF | iShares Global Healthcare ETF | iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF | John Hancock Multifactor Healthcare ETF | Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund |
| Issuer | Vanguard | Fidelity | iShares | iShares | John Hancock | SPDR |
| Price | $226.91 | $59.77 | $76.7 | $257.69 | $43.8836 | $123.76 |
| Expense Ratio | 0.1% |  0.08% |  0.43% | 0.43% | 0.4% | 0.12% |
| Average Spread | 0.044% | 0.067% | 0.117% | 0.058% | 0.182% | 0.008% |
| AUM | $14,646,500,000 | $2,637,570,000 | $3,099,990,000 | $2,693,670,000 | $45,583,200 | $29,169,600,000 |
| Shares | 64,547,526 | 44,128,743 | 40,417,143 | 10,453,130 | 1,038,729 | 235,694,963 |
| Average Daily Volume | 221,097 | 167,657 | 205,363 | 59,750 | 25,708 | 10,514,720 |
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| Inception Date | 2004-01-26 | 2013-10-21 | 2001-11-13 | 2000-06-12 | 2015-09-29 | 1998-12-16 |
| Index Tracked | MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index | MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index | S&P Global 1200 Healthcare Sector Index | N/A | John Hancock Dimensional Healthcare Index | S&P Health Care Select Sector Index |
| Category | Health & Biotech Equities | Health & Biotech Equities | Health & Biotech Equities | Health & Biotech Equities | Health & Biotech Equities | Health & Biotech Equities |
| Asset Class | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity | Equity |
| Asset Class Size | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps | Large Caps |
| Value or Growth | Growth | Growth | Blend | Growth | Growth | Growth |
| Region | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America | North America |
| Countries | U.S. | U.S. | Broad | U.S. | U.S. | U.S. |
| Annual Dividend Rate | $3.134 | $0.44 | $1.033 | $3.089 | $0.362 | $1.964 |
| Annual Dividend Yield | 0.014% | 0.007% | 0.013% | 0.012% | 0.008% | 0.016% |
| Number of Holdings | 451 | 475 | 115 | 127 | 144 | 65 |
| YTD Return | -13.98% | -12.34% | -14.53% | -13.47% | -14.98% | -11.16% |
| Beta | 0.88 | 0.97 | 0.87 | 0.89 | 0.92 | 0.89 |
| Upside Beta | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.60 | 0.25 |
| Downside Beta | 0.08 | -0.20 | 0.17 | 0.14 | -0.01 | 0.14 |
| Volatility 1Y | 19.10% | 19.19% | 17.57% | 18.63% | 19.05% | 18.23% |
| Sharpe Ratio 3Y | 0.88 | 0.94 | 0.69 | 0.91 | 0.85 | 1.02 |
| Treynor Ratio 3Y | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 |