Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) Sees Unusually-High Trading Volume – Here’s What Happened

Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) saw an uptick in trading volume on Monday . 632,349 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 124% from the previous session’s volume of 282,376 shares.The stock last traded at $290.31 and had previously closed at $290.70.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Price Performance

The business has a 50-day moving average of $282.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of $263.21. The company has a market cap of $17.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.67.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Walleye Capital LLC acquired a new position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF during the first quarter worth $1,215,000. Ieq Capital LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 110.0% during the 1st quarter. Ieq Capital LLC now owns 2,591 shares of the company’s stock worth $686,000 after buying an additional 1,357 shares during the last quarter. Centric Wealth Management acquired a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $200,000. Calton & Associates Inc. increased its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Calton & Associates Inc. now owns 20,416 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,405,000 after buying an additional 509 shares in the last quarter. Finally, MAI Capital Management raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 11.2% in the first quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 168,063 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,491,000 after buying an additional 16,952 shares during the last quarter.

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).