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VanguardHealthVHT · NYSE Arca

Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT)

Price
$342.33
—30 Oct 2026
Assets
$21.8B
Total net assets
Expense ratio
0.09%
Category 1.00%
Yield
1.46%
Trailing distributions
3Y CAGR
16.9%-4.6%
Category 21.5%
5Y CAGR
7.3%+3.2%
Category 4.1%
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Vanguard Health Care ETF

Calendar-year returns

Fund only: no comparison series covers this fund's history.

Risk statistics

Five years of daily closes. Risk-free rate 4% a year.

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Trailing returns compared with benchmark
Period1M3M6MYTD1Y3YCAGR5YCAGR10YCAGRLaunchCAGR
ETF+8.3%+12.7%+27.0%+20.1%+28.9%+16.9%+7.3%+12.3%+10.3%
Health average3.6%9.9%23.0%20.4%28.8%21.5%4.1%10.8%11.6%
Difference+4.7%+2.8%+4.0%-0.3%+0.1%-4.6%+3.2%+1.5%-1.3%

Holdings

The 10 largest positions make up 51.8% of the fund.

Top holdings

Largest holdings by weight
TickerHoldingWeight
LLYEli Lilly and Co12.93%
JNJJohnson & Johnson8.78%
ABBVAbbVie Inc6.45%
MRKMerck & Co Inc5.01%
UNHUnitedHealth Group Inc4.65%
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific Inc3.50%
AMGNAmgen Inc3.18%
GILDGilead Sciences Inc2.58%
ABTAbbott Laboratories2.40%
PFEPfizer Inc2.27%

Portfolio valuation

Weighted averages of what the fund holds.

P/E
29.5
P/B
4.7
P/S
1.8
P/CF
17.7

Sector allocation

Share of the equity the fund holds.

4sectors
  1. Health care100.0%
  2. Financial services0.0%
  3. Technology0.0%
  4. Industrials0.0%

Asset mix

  • Stocks99.4%
  • Cash0.4%
  • Other0.2%

ETF details

Issuer
Vanguard
Category
Equity · Health
Ticker
VHT
Exchange
NYSE Arca
Inception
26 Jan 2004 (22.8 years)
Structure
Exchange Traded Fund
Expense ratio
0.09% (category 1.00%)
Holdings turnover
4% (category 51%)
Distribution yield
1.46%
Beta, 3 years
0.57
Total net assets
$21.8B

Prices and returns as of 30 Oct 2026; total return with distributions reinvested, before brokerage and taxes. Not investment advice.

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