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VHT
Description
Description
VHT was created on 2004-01-26 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on health care equity. The ETF currently has 18930.76m in AUM and 415 holdings. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US healthcare stocks.
NYSE/NASDAQ
ETF - A bundle of shares
Global
Health Care
United States
Performance
Performance
$315.04
USD
âČ $182.79 (137.05%)
16th September 2026, 06:32 p.m.
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Quick facts
Quick facts
âČ 22.53% Growth
5 years capital growth
âČ 1.48% Dividends
5 year average dividend yield
$15 AUD minimum investment
Due to minimum AUD to USD conversion
$651.04 USD median portfolio
Median amount held by the community
Holdings & exposure
Holdings & exposure
Top holdings
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LLY (Eli Lilly and Co)
13%
JNJ (Johnson & Johnson)
9%
ABBV (AbbVie Inc)
6%
Top country exposure
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United States
100%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
0%
Canada
0%
Top industry exposure
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Health
97%
Other
3%
Materials
0%
Distributions
Distributions
Annual dividend yield
1.35%
Average franked amount
0%
5 year avg. dividend yield (p.a.)
1.48%
Dividend reinvestment
Highest franked amount
N/A
Payout dates
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Costs
Costs
PURCHASE FEE
$6.50 AUD (or $5.50 with Pearler Prepay)
MANAGEMENT FEE
0.09% p.a.
Advanced information
Advanced information
Leveraged
No
P/E ratio
24.71
Inverse
No
P/B ratio
5.19
Expense ratio
0.09
Inception date
2004-01-26
Pearler community insights
Pearler community insights
General statistics
22 investors hold VHT
33 weeks average time between investments
$501 average holding per investor
7 days since last community investment
Demographics
Income of investors
50k - 100k
32%
100k - 150k
32%
Less than 50k
24%
More than 200k
8%
150k - 200k
4%
Age of investors
26-34 years old
41%
35-90 years old
32%
18-25 years old
27%
Legal gender of investors
38% male
63% female
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