Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 222,567 shares, an increase of 87.2% from the June 30th total of 118,905 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 293,957 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance
VHT opened at $311.32 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.60. The company has a fifty day moving average of $292.79 and a 200 day moving average of $285.09. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a fifty-two week low of $237.23 and a fifty-two week high of $314.90.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in VHT. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 30.5% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,919,086 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,586,000 after buying an additional 448,964 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,615,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $464,893,000 after buying an additional 140,350 shares in the last quarter. UBS Group AG increased its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 6.4% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,388,965 shares of the company’s stock worth $399,814,000 after acquiring an additional 83,768 shares during the last quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd bought a new stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $251,293,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 6.8% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 806,286 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,089,000 after acquiring an additional 51,515 shares in the last quarter.
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).
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