VHT

Vanguard Health Care ETF

$282.54
+0.00%
Market closed. Last update: 10:52 PM ET

📎 Investment Objective

The Vanguard Health Care ETF seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, which measures the investment return of health care stocks in the U.S. equity market.

Overview

ETF tracking Vanguard Health Care ETF

Category Healthcare
Issuer Vanguard
Inception Date 2008-09-19
Market Cap $16.8B
Average Volume N/A
Dividend Yield 1.38%
52-Week Range $236.71 - $284.50
VWAP $282.87

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Investment Summary

📎 Investment Objective

The Vanguard Health Care ETF seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, which measures the investment return of health care stocks in the U.S. equity market.

🎯 Investment Strategy

The ETF employs a passively managed, full-replication approach to track the index, investing in all or substantially all of the stocks in the index in roughly the same proportions as the index.

✨ Key Features

  • Provides broad exposure to the U.S. healthcare sector, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies
  • Diversified portfolio with holdings across different healthcare sub-industries
  • Low expense ratio of 0.00% makes it a cost-effective way to gain healthcare sector exposure
  • Tracks a market-cap-weighted index, providing exposure proportional to the size of the underlying companies

⚠️ Primary Risks

  • Sector-specific risk: As a sector-focused fund, it is subject to risks inherent to the healthcare industry, such as regulatory changes, patent expirations, and pricing pressures
  • Market risk: The value of the fund's holdings can fluctuate with overall stock market movements
  • Concentration risk: The fund's performance is heavily tied to the healthcare sector, which may underperform the broader market at times
  • Tracking error risk: The fund may not perfectly track its underlying index due to factors such as fund expenses and cash flows

👤 Best For

The Vanguard Health Care ETF may be suitable for investors seeking long-term exposure to the U.S. healthcare sector as part of a diversified portfolio. It can be particularly appealing to investors with a higher risk tolerance who are looking for a cost-effective way to gain broad healthcare sector exposure.