# VHT (Vanguard Health Care ETF) Vanguard · Stock ETFs · Health care · data as of Oct 28, 2026 VHT returned +25.0% over the year to Oct 28, 2026, charges 0.09% a year and holds $19.1bn in net assets on Sep 30, 2026. Promise check: Delivered. Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VHT returned 25.0% against 25.4% for FHLC, which tracks the same MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50. Fees aside, VHT finished 0.43 points behind FHLC. https://etfiq.com/promise-index/stocks/ VHT tracks an index of Health Care and returned +25.0% over the past year. ## Key facts - VHT, total return, 1 year: +25.0%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VHT, expense ratio: 0.09%, as of Jun 30, 2026. - VHT, holdings: 414, as of Sep 30, 2026. - VHT, below its high: −0.5%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VHT, 12-month yield, capital gains included, on its starting price: 1.7%, as of Oct 28, 2026. - VHT, last payment (paid quarterly), ex-date Sep 23, 2026: $0.9685, as of Sep 23, 2026. - VHT, net assets: $19.1bn (the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026). ## VHT over each window to Oct 28, 2026 | Window | Total return | Benchmark (FHLC) | Gap to FHLC | S&P 500 (SPY) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 month | +4.3% | +4.4% | −0.1 pts | +0.9% | | 3 months | +7.8% | +7.9% | −0.1 pts | +6.1% | | 6 months | +26.2% | +26.5% | −0.3 pts | +9.1% | | Year to date | +17.4% | +17.8% | −0.4 pts | +14.1% | | 1 year | +25.0% | +25.4% | −0.4 pts | +13.6% | | 3 years | +56.9% | +57.2% | −0.3 pts | +95.0% | | 5 years | +39.2% | +39.6% | −0.4 pts | +79.8% | | 10 years | +212.6% | +210.4% | +2.2 pts | +325.8% | | Since launch | +819.5% | not available | not available | +931.2% | | Since launch, annualised | +10.2% | – | – | – | ## VHT key stats - 52-week high, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $336.26 on Oct 22, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - 52-week low, daily closes to Oct 28, 2026: $265.36 on Mar 27, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Close on Oct 28, 2026, within that range: $334.46, 97% of the way from the low to the high (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Beta to its benchmark, 1 year: 1.00, against FHLC (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - R-squared, the same days: 1.00 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Beta and R-squared measured over: 251 daily total returns, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026 (computed by ETFIQ from Tiingo daily prices) - Holdings: 414 - Top ten weight: 51.8% - P/E ratio: 30.4 (Vanguard, Sep 30, 2026) ## VHT trading - Not scored. - $1,000: about $0.18, 0.018%, one way. - $10,000: about $1.75, 0.018%, one way. - Premium to NAV at the Oct 27 close: +0.03%; 95% of days within ±0.05%. - Limit: midpoint + 6¢ to buy, midpoint − 6¢ to sell. At the Oct 27 close of $333.16, that’s $333.22 to buy and $333.10 to sell. - The full trading page: https://etfiq.com/funds/vht/trading/ ## Every published field | Field | Value | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | What it tracks | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50 | ETFIQ | | Fund type | Equity fund | ETFIQ | | Category | Stocks · Health care | ETFIQ | | Expense ratio | 0.09% | 497 XBRL, Jun 30, 2026 | | Price | $334.46 | ETFIQ | | First traded | Jan 30, 2004 | ETFIQ | | Net assets | $19.1bn | the issuer’s own number for this ETF, month end, as of Sep 30, 2026 | | Benchmark | MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50, measured by FHLC, which tracks the same index | ETFIQ, from its filings | | Benchmark named in | its prospectus, 497, Jun 30, 2026 | ETFIQ | | VHT, 1 year to Oct 28, 2026 | +25.0% | ETFIQ | | FHLC, the same days | +25.4% | ETFIQ | | Against its benchmark, 1 year | −0.4 pts | ETFIQ | | Below its high | −0.5% | ETFIQ | | Holdings | 414 | ETFIQ | | Top ten weight | 51.8% | ETFIQ | | Holdings as of | Sep 30, 2026 | the issuer’s month-end file | | Already in the S&P 500, by weight | 85.5% | ETFIQ | | Active share vs the S&P 500 | 91.1% | ETFIQ | | Already in the Nasdaq-100, by weight | 13.3% | ETFIQ | ## Money in and out, to May 31, 2026 Monthly data only. May 2026: −$19.3m, from SEC Form N-PORT, all share classes of the fund, not the ETF alone. Computed by ETFIQ from the change in shares outstanding times the previous day’s NAV. Every day and month: . Method: https://etfiq.com/methodology/flows ## Questions ### How has VHT performed? Over the year to Oct 28, 2026, VHT returned +25.0% with distributions reinvested, against +25.4% for its benchmark, the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Health Care 25/50. Over three years the number is +56.9%. ### What does VHT cost? The prospectus expense ratio is 0.09% a year. ### What does VHT hold? 414 positions as published by its issuer as of Sep 30, 2026, with the top ten at 51.8% of the fund. 86% of its weight is in stocks the S&P 500 also holds. ### How far is VHT below its high? 0.5% below its high of Oct 22, 2026, measured on the reinvested series to Oct 28, 2026. ## Cite this page ETFIQ, VHT, stock fund, data as of Oct 28, 2026. https://etfiq.com/funds/vht Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at . HTML: https://etfiq.com/funds/vht · JSON: https://etfiq.com/funds/vht.json