Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
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
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| Date | VHT close |
|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | $306.67 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $313.23 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $311.32 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $307.15 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $304.81 |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $304.52 |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $304.99 |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $308.54 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $309.02 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $312.12 |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $316.72 |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $315.71 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $316.68 |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $316.22 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $314.70 |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $314.34 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $318.84 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $329.48 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $323.69 |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $327.70 |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $327.49 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $329.01 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $326.27 |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $322.93 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $320.96 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $319.96 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $321.59 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $324.47 |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $324.80 |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $321.66 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $314.61 |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $313.30 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $311.27 |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $310.74 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $315.02 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | $314.56 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | $314.66 |
| Sep 17, 2026 | $317.03 |
| Sep 18, 2026 | $315.85 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | $317.99 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | $320.20 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | $316.18 |
| Sep 24, 2026 | $318.42 |
| Sep 25, 2026 | $319.61 |
| 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 |
Weekly net flows, 3M
Net outflow over the range: −$134M
- Inflow / above zero
- Outflow / below zero
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| Label | Value ($) |
|---|---|
| Jul 29 | $0 |
| Sep 30 | −$88.5M |
| Oct 28 | −$45.9M |
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
CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS
| # | Holding | Weight | Price | Day | 52-wk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LLYELI LILLY | 12.95% | $1279.14 | +0.4% | ||
| 2 | JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON | 8.79% | $266.30 | +0.9% | ||
| 3 | ABBVABBVIE | 6.46% | $286.74 | +0.4% | ||
| 4 | UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP | 4.66% | $410.70 | -1.8% | ||
| 5 | MRKMERCK & CO | 5.02% | $140.61 | -3.2% | ||
| 6 | TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC | 3.51% | $684.89 | +1.6% | ||
| 7 | AMGNAMGEN | 3.18% | $444.63 | +1.2% | ||
| 8 | GILDGILEAD SCIENCES | 2.59% | $158.69 | +1.7% | ||
| 9 | ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES | 2.41% | $104.88 | +1.1% | ||
| 10 | PFEPFIZER | 2.27% | $29.79 | -0.8% | ||
| 11 | ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL | 2.01% | $451.63 | -0.1% | ||
| 12 | DHRDANAHER | 1.97% | $232.97 | +1.1% | ||
| 13 | VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS | 1.86% | $517.49 | -1.2% | ||
| 14 | BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB | 1.78% | $61.61 | +0.2% | ||
| 15 | MDTMEDTRONIC | 1.54% | $94.79 | -0.6% |
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- Healthcare99.86%
- Health Technology74.96%
- Health Services17.21%
- Distribution Services4.03%
- Retail Trade1.61%
- Technology Services0.79%
- Commercial Services0.56%
- Process Industries0.31%
- Cash0.23%
- Materials0.22%
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| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| Healthcare | 99.86% |
| Health Technology | 74.96% |
| Health Services | 17.21% |
| Distribution Services | 4.03% |
| Retail Trade | 1.61% |
| Technology Services | 0.79% |
| Commercial Services | 0.56% |
| Process Industries | 0.31% |
| Cash | 0.23% |
| Materials | 0.22% |
Country weights
- United States99.71%
- United Kingdom0.08%
- Switzerland0.07%
- Canada0.06%
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| Item | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| United States | 99.71% |
| United Kingdom | 0.08% |
| Switzerland | 0.07% |
| Canada | 0.06% |
| 1 week | -0.3% |
| 1 month | +4.1% |
| 3 months | +9.1% |
| 6 months | +23.3% |
| YTD | +15.6% |
| 1 year | — |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | — |
| YTD | — |
| 1 year | — |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
Monthly net flows
- Inflow / above zero
- Outflow / below zero
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| Label | Value ($) |
|---|---|
| Jul | $0 |
| Sep | −$88.5M |
| Oct | −$45.9M |
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
| Most-traded holdings, options premium | Bullish | Bearish |
|---|---|---|
| MRNA MODERNA | $52M | $70M |
| LLY ELI LILLY | $29M | $32M |
| UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP | $14M | $18M |
| MCK MCKESSON | $9M | $4M |
| HUM HUMANA | $6M | $6M |
TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES
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.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPDW SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF | 0.03% | $40.7B | +$609M | -7bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$609M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF | 0.03% | $18.4B | +$199M | -7bp on fee · +$199M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF | 0.04% | $32.4B | +$497M | -6bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$497M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $23.7B | +$51M | -6bp on fee · +$51M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 0.04% | $18.6B | +$412M | -6bp on fee · +$412M in over the month | Head-to-head |