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VHTVanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares

Grow my money22y track recordRanked #87 of 2,993 in this goal

Tracks the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50.

By Vanguard · Launched 2004

Annual Cost

0.09%

#344 of 5,853 · low cost

Fund Size

$20.4B

#152 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+25.3%

Track Record

22 years

#180 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$12,084+20.8%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Cap

Multi cap

Strategy

Index tracking

Focus

Biotech & Genomics

Index tracked

MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 50.3% of fundmoderately concentrated

Eli Lilly & Co
12.5%
Johnson & Johnson
8.7%
AbbVie Inc
6.1%
Merck & Co Inc
4.6%
UnitedHealth Group Inc
3.9%
Amgen Inc
3.1%
Abbott Laboratories
3.0%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
2.9%
Gilead Sciences Inc
2.7%
Intuitive Surgical Inc
2.7%

Asset allocation

Stocks
99.5%
Cash
0.3%
Other
0.2%

By sector

Healthcare
100.0%
Financial Services
0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
15.4%Moderate

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-28.9%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.39Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.56Moderate downside risk

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50.
Strategy
Employs an indexing investment approach to replicate the Target Index by investing at least 80% of net assets in health care stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies. Covers health care providers, equipment manufacturers, and biotechnology firms.
Inception date
January 26, 2004
Fund family
Vanguard

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Data updated on 2026-08-02