Waycross Investment Management Co Purchases New Stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

Waycross Investment Management Co acquired a new stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 15,779 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,987,000. Vanguard Health Care ETF makes up 4.3% of Waycross Investment Management Co’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 6.4% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,712,696 shares of the company’s stock valued at $466,419,000 after purchasing an additional 103,206 shares in the last quarter. Trust Co. of Vermont bought a new stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $30,104,000. Focus Partners Wealth boosted its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 116.4% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 136,677 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,343,000 after buying an additional 73,530 shares in the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 49.3% in the second quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 132,369 shares of the company’s stock valued at $39,580,000 after buying an additional 43,732 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Southern Capital Services Inc. ADV bought a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $10,777,000.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Trading Up 1.9%

NYSEARCA VHT traded up $5.91 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $322.28. 171,507 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 227,524. The company has a market cap of $19.48 billion, a PE ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.59. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a fifty-two week low of $264.35 and a fifty-two week high of $330.75. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $317.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $296.62.

Vanguard Health Care ETF 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).