Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares (VHT) ETF Analysis

Fund Overview

Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares (VHT) is an exchange-traded fund in the Health category. The fund is issued by Vanguard. It has been trading since February 5, 2004. Total net assets stand at $21.93B. Annual costs run at an expense ratio of 0.09%. On a $10,000 position that is $9.00 a year.

Its biggest positions are Eli Lilly and Co (LLY), AbbVie Inc (ABBV), and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ). Eli Lilly and Co alone accounts for 12.59% of the portfolio.

Performance Analysis

VHT last closed at $321.66 on September 4, 2026. The trailing one-year price return is +27.05%. The stored price history starts on February 7, 2025, and the total return since then is +21.49%. The fund distributes at a trailing yield of 1.48%. The provider also reports a 3 years average return of +11.53%.

2026 is still running; the price is +11.75% year to date.

Price & Risk Profile

Annualized volatility over the trailing 1 year is 15.49%. Beta against the wider market is reported at 0.58. Over the past 52 weeks the price has ranged from $249.57 to $330.75. The latest close sits 28.89% above that 52-week low. The volatility figure is calculated from the stored daily closes, the same series the charts on this page use.