Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Sells 21,143 Shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC reduced its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 7.5% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 260,075 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,143 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $65,979,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.8% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 473,588 shares of the company’s stock worth $125,989,000 after purchasing an additional 8,594 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.9% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 191,711 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,104,000 after acquiring an additional 3,625 shares during the period. Invictus Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.9% during the third quarter. Invictus Private Wealth LLC now owns 150,807 shares of the company’s stock valued at $42,558,000 after acquiring an additional 2,852 shares during the period. Allied Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. Allied Investment Advisors LLC now owns 134,750 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,026,000 after acquiring an additional 1,406 shares during the period. Finally, Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. Armstrong Advisory Group Inc. now owns 132,711 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,668,000 after acquiring an additional 3,330 shares during the period.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA VHT opened at $262.79 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $17.64 billion, a PE ratio of 23.22 and a beta of 0.61. The business has a fifty day moving average of $261.44 and a two-hundred day moving average of $272.22. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 52-week low of $250.07 and a 52-week high of $289.14.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Company Profile

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.