Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT Shares Acquired by Principal Securities Inc.

Principal Securities Inc. increased its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 7.1% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 56,201 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,734 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $16,177,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Cornerstone National Bank & Trust Co purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $608,000. Cyndeo Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,125,000. Empirical Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $5,410,000. Trust Co. of Oklahoma increased its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Trust Co. of Oklahoma now owns 32,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,389,000 after acquiring an additional 2,331 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NewEdge Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 44.4% in the third quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 7,011 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,908,000 after acquiring an additional 2,156 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Price Performance

Vanguard Health Care ETF stock opened at $286.80 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $275.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $282.92. The company has a market cap of $17.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.62. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a fifty-two week low of $237.23 and a fifty-two week high of $298.61.

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. The first group includes companies that manufacture health care equipment and supplies or provide health care related services (such as distributors of health care products, providers of basic health care services, and owners and operators of health care facilities and organizations).