Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC Increases Stock Position in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT)

Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 0.6% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 6,618 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 42 shares during the quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $1,679,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 194.4% in the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 106 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Capital Management Associates Inc boosted its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 4.1% in the fourth quarter. Capital Management Associates Inc now owns 1,354 shares of the company’s stock worth $343,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 385.3% in the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 12,539 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,539,000 after acquiring an additional 9,955 shares during the last quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.4% during the third quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 2,381 shares of the company’s stock valued at $672,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Synovus Financial Corp increased its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 72.5% during the third quarter. Synovus Financial Corp now owns 4,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,264,000 after acquiring an additional 1,882 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Trading Down 1.6 %

VHT stock opened at $265.03 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $267.86 and its 200 day simple moving average is $269.60. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 12-month low of $250.07 and a 12-month high of $289.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.13 billion, a PE ratio of 29.75 and a beta of 0.71.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.9396 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, March 25th.

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.