Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT)
Assets | $17.82B |
Expense Ratio | 0.10% |
PE Ratio | 24.21 |
Shares Out | 66.98M |
Dividend (ttm) | $3.47 |
Dividend Yield | 1.30% |
Ex-Dividend Date | Mar 22, 2024 |
Payout Ratio | 31.47% |
1-Year Return | +9.92% |
Volume | 195,348 |
Open | 267.05 |
Previous Close | 267.11 |
Day's Range | 266.09 - 267.33 |
52-Week Low | 222.27 |
52-Week High | 271.53 |
Beta | n/a |
Holdings | 415 |
Inception Date | Jan 26, 2004 |
About VHT
Fund Home PageThe 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.
Top 10 Holdings
49.30% of assetsName | Symbol | Weight |
---|---|---|
Eli Lilly and Company | LLY | 10.70% |
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | UNH | 7.59% |
Johnson & Johnson | JNJ | 5.84% |
Merck & Co., Inc. | MRK | 5.56% |
AbbVie Inc. | ABBV | 4.87% |
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | TMO | 3.73% |
Abbott Laboratories | ABT | 3.12% |
Danaher Corporation | DHR | 2.94% |
Amgen Inc. | AMGN | 2.49% |
Pfizer Inc. | PFE | 2.46% |
Dividends
Ex-Dividend | Amount | Pay Date |
---|---|---|
Mar 22, 2024 | $0.8189 | Mar 27, 2024 |
Dec 19, 2023 | $0.8947 | Dec 22, 2023 |
Sep 28, 2023 | $0.8774 | Oct 3, 2023 |
Jun 29, 2023 | $0.8774 | Jul 5, 2023 |
Mar 24, 2023 | $0.7586 | Mar 29, 2023 |
Dec 15, 2022 | $0.9796 | Dec 20, 2022 |
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