Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) Sets New 52-Week Low – What’s Next?

Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT)’s stock price reached a new 52-week low on Thursday . The stock traded as low as $234.11 and last traded at $251.76, with a volume of 804150 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $240.57.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Trading Up 1.6 %

The business’s 50-day moving average is $264.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $266.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.65 billion, a PE ratio of 28.31 and a beta of 0.74.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 25th were given a dividend of $0.9396 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 25th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Vanguard Health Care ETF

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brooklyn Investment Group bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Wingate Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Rialto Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. raised its stake 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 valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 70 shares in the last quarter. Finally, GoalVest Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $32,000.

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.