Grandfield & Dodd LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

Grandfield & Dodd LLC raised its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 100.0% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 6,090 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,045 shares during the quarter. Grandfield & Dodd LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $1,667,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of VHT. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position 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 valued at $476,586,000 after acquiring an additional 448,964 shares during the period. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2,388.3% in the fourth quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 118,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,151,000 after acquiring an additional 113,873 shares during the period. Lido Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF in the third quarter valued at about $28,576,000. UBS Group AG increased its position in shares of 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 valued at $338,829,000 after acquiring an additional 105,050 shares during the period. Finally, BNP Paribas Financial Markets increased its position in shares of 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 valued at $32,554,000 after acquiring an additional 100,316 shares during the period.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Trading Down 0.8%

VHT stock opened at $279.61 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $273.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $282.98. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 12-month low of $237.23 and a 12-month high of $298.61. The stock has a market capitalization of $16.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.62.

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).