D.A. Davidson & CO. Lowers Position in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT)

D.A. Davidson & CO. decreased its stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 5.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 24,130 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,512 shares during the quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO.’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $6,122,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Empower Advisory Group LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 2,153 shares of the company’s stock valued at $546,000 after buying an additional 88 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 88,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,498,000 after buying an additional 2,205 shares during the last quarter. WBH Advisory Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. WBH Advisory Inc. now owns 72,503 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,393,000 after buying an additional 394 shares during the last quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 222.3% during the fourth quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,908 shares of the company’s stock valued at $484,000 after buying an additional 1,316 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Valmark Advisers Inc. raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 9.0% during the fourth quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 9,240 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,344,000 after buying an additional 766 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:VHT opened at $269.62 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $262.17 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $271.71. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.22 and a beta of 0.61. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 12-month low of $250.07 and a 12-month high of $289.14.

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.