Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) Sets New 52-Week High at $272.82

Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) shares reached a new 52-week high on Friday . The stock traded as high as $272.82 and last traded at $272.59, with a volume of 39394 shares. The stock had previously closed at $270.15.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Price Performance

The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $264.77 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $262.15. The stock has a market cap of $18.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.22 and a beta of 0.61.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Health Care ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 17.2% during the second quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,427 shares of the company’s stock worth $380,000 after purchasing an additional 209 shares during the last quarter. Accel Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.3% during the 2nd quarter. Accel Wealth Management now owns 7,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,109,000 after buying an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 5.0% during the 2nd quarter. Cedar Mountain Advisors LLC now owns 12,640 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,362,000 after buying an additional 605 shares in the last quarter. CX Institutional lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 62.8% during the 2nd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 6,631 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,764,000 after buying an additional 2,557 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.3% during the second quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 3,973 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,057,000 after acquiring an additional 91 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Company Profile

Vanguard Health Care ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the health care sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of two main industry groups.