HighTower Advisors LLC Has $20.05 Million Stock Position in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT)

HighTower Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 16.6% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 79,016 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,702 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.12% of Vanguard Health Care ETF worth $20,046,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 194.4% during the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 106 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Capital Management Associates Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 4.1% during the 4th quarter. Capital Management Associates Inc now owns 1,354 shares of the company’s stock valued at $343,000 after purchasing an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 385.3% during the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 12,539 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,539,000 after purchasing an additional 9,955 shares in the last quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 2,381 shares of the company’s stock valued at $672,000 after acquiring an additional 55 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Synovus Financial Corp lifted its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 72.5% in the 3rd quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 4,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,264,000 after acquiring an additional 1,882 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VHT opened at $264.06 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.75 and a beta of 0.71. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $266.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $270.61. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 52 week low of $250.07 and a 52 week high of $289.14.

About Vanguard Health Care ETF

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.