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VHTVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Health Care Index Fund

$332.71+0.05% vs prior close
26533652-WK

Price through Oct 26, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 26, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 26, 2026.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the health care sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The fund is non-diversified.

VHT price

Source: Market tape, daily closes; price return, distributions not reinvested
Table
DateVHT close
Sep 28, 2026$320.74
Sep 29, 2026$319.79
Sep 30, 2026$316.08
Oct 1, 2026$311.72
Oct 2, 2026$311.90
Oct 5, 2026$314.51
Oct 6, 2026$312.88
Oct 7, 2026$315.31
Oct 8, 2026$313.85
Oct 9, 2026$319.01
Oct 12, 2026$320.67
Oct 13, 2026$316.37
Oct 14, 2026$323.15
Oct 15, 2026$329.15
Oct 16, 2026$327.15
Oct 19, 2026$325.94
Oct 20, 2026$333.60
Oct 21, 2026$332.24
Oct 22, 2026$336.26
Oct 23, 2026$332.53
Oct 26, 2026$332.71

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +15.6% so far this year. At 0.10% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLV has a reported fee of 0.09%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$19Bassets under management
0.10%expense ratio · $10 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
237Kavg daily volume, 30 days
412holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed January 26, 2004 · beta 0.32
The book at a glance
LLY+0.4%JNJ+0.9%ABBV+0.4%UNH-1.8%MRK-3.2%TMO+1.6%AMGN+1.2%GILD+1.7%ABT+1.1%PFE-0.8%ISRG-0.1%DHR+1.1%VRTX-1.2%BMY+0.2%MDT-0.6%CVS-1.0%MCK-0.8%SYK-0.3%ELV-2.0%REGN+0.3%CI-0.4%HCA-0.8%BSX-0.2%MRNA-0.6%CORCAHNTRA+0.2%IQVIDXXWATILMNBIIBRMD

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

Holdings
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LLYELI LILLY12.95%$1279.14+0.4%
2JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON8.79%$266.30+0.9%
3ABBVABBVIE6.46%$286.74+0.4%
4UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP4.66%$410.70-1.8%
5MRKMERCK & CO5.02%$140.61-3.2%
6TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC3.51%$684.89+1.6%
7AMGNAMGEN3.18%$444.63+1.2%
8GILDGILEAD SCIENCES2.59%$158.69+1.7%
9ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES2.41%$104.88+1.1%
10PFEPFIZER2.27%$29.79-0.8%
11ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL2.01%$451.63-0.1%
12DHRDANAHER1.97%$232.97+1.1%
13VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS1.86%$517.49-1.2%
14BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB1.78%$61.61+0.2%
15MDTMEDTRONIC1.54%$94.79-0.6%

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Sector weights

  • Healthcare99.86%
  • Health Technology74.96%
  • Health Services17.21%
  • Distribution Services4.03%
  • Retail Trade1.61%
  • Technology Services0.79%
  • Commercial Services0.56%
  • Process Industries0.31%
  • Cash0.23%
  • Materials0.22%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
Healthcare99.86%
Health Technology74.96%
Health Services17.21%
Distribution Services4.03%
Retail Trade1.61%
Technology Services0.79%
Commercial Services0.56%
Process Industries0.31%
Cash0.23%
Materials0.22%

Country weights

  • United States99.71%
  • United Kingdom0.08%
  • Switzerland0.07%
  • Canada0.06%
Source: Portfolio composition, latest disclosure
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ItemValue (%)
United States99.71%
United Kingdom0.08%
Switzerland0.07%
Canada0.06%
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month+4.1%
3 months+9.1%
6 months+23.3%
YTD+15.6%
1 year—
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows

  • Inflow / above zero
  • Outflow / below zero
$0Jul−$88.5MSep−$45.9MOct$0Jul−$88.5MSep−$45.9MOct$0Jul−$88.5MSep−$45.9MOct
Source: Daily creation/redemption records, trailing twelve months
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LabelValue ($)
Jul$0
Sep−$88.5M
Oct−$45.9M
The risk read
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 12.9% of the book; the top ten carry 52%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 24 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
47calls · latest snapshot
2puts · latest snapshot
0.04put/call ratio
173Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRNA MODERNA$52M$70M
LLY ELI LILLY$29M$32M
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$14M$18M
MCK MCKESSON$9M$4M
HUM HUMANA$6M$6M

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The case against VHT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VHT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$40.7B+$609M-7bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$609M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-7bp on fee · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.4B+$497M-6bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$51M-6bp on fee · +$51M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-6bp on fee · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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