Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. Invests $226,000 in Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 912 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $226,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in VHT. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $80,903,000. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 33.3% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 617,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $163,418,000 after purchasing an additional 154,284 shares in the last quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 39.8% during the 2nd quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC now owns 405,130 shares of the company’s stock worth $100,610,000 after purchasing an additional 115,252 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 243.7% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 98,301 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,023,000 after purchasing an additional 69,697 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Altfest L J & Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1,646.0% during the 1st quarter. Altfest L J & Co. Inc. now owns 55,295 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,638,000 after purchasing an additional 52,128 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VHT opened at $270.38 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $261.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is $252.12. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.67. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 52-week low of $234.11 and a 52-week high of $278.61.

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.