Assetmark Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 42.6% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 19,268 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,759 shares during the quarter. Assetmark Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $5,247,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in VHT. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $826,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Nwam LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.8% in the 1st quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 1,415 shares of the company’s stock worth $385,000 after acquiring an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Narus Financial Partners LLC raised its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Narus Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $366,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Richmond Investment Services LLC lifted its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. Richmond Investment Services LLC now owns 957 shares of the company’s stock valued at $261,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Holderness Investments Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Holderness Investments Co. now owns 3,153 shares of the company’s stock valued at $908,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of VHT opened at $301.92 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $17.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.60. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $288.79 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $284.46. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 12 month low of $237.23 and a 12 month high of $311.67.

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. The first group includes companies that manufacture health care equipment and supplies or provide health care related services (such as distributors of health care products, providers of basic health care services, and owners and operators of health care facilities and organizations).