Jacobs Equity LLC Purchases New Holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

Jacobs Equity LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 3,422 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $985,000.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in VHT. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 30.5% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,919,086 shares of the company’s stock worth $476,586,000 after buying an additional 448,964 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,615,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $464,893,000 after acquiring an additional 140,350 shares during the period. UBS Group AG grew its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 6.4% in the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,388,965 shares of the company’s stock valued at $399,814,000 after acquiring an additional 83,768 shares during the last quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd bought a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $251,293,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 6.8% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 806,286 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,089,000 after purchasing an additional 51,515 shares during the period.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Down 0.6%

VHT stock opened at $280.41 on Friday. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a twelve month low of $237.23 and a twelve month high of $298.61. The firm has a market cap of $16.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.62. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $276.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $282.55.

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).