Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT Stock Holdings Lessened by PNC Financial Services Group Inc.

PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lowered its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 8.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 141,314 shares of the company’s stock after selling 13,391 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. owned 0.23% of Vanguard Health Care ETF worth $40,677,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VHT. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in 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 last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $28,576,000. UBS Group AG increased its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 8.8% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,305,197 shares of the company’s stock worth $338,829,000 after buying an additional 105,050 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 399.9% in the third quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 125,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,554,000 after buying an additional 100,316 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV increased its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 379.4% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 121,579 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,548,000 after buying an additional 96,218 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:VHT opened at $276.54 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $273.07 and its 200 day moving average price is $282.74. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 52 week low of $237.23 and a 52 week high of $298.61. The company has a market capitalization of $16.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.62.

About Vanguard Health Care ETF

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).