Marotta Asset Management Sells 5,298 Shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

Marotta Asset Management lowered its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 9.0% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 53,346 shares of the company’s stock after selling 5,298 shares during the period. Vanguard Health Care ETF accounts for 2.7% of Marotta Asset Management’s holdings, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Marotta Asset Management’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $14,643,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $826,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. Narus Financial Partners LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Narus Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $366,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Certified Advisory Corp lifted its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Certified Advisory Corp now owns 2,463 shares of the company’s stock worth $639,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the period. Holderness Investments Co. lifted its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Holderness Investments Co. now owns 3,153 shares of the company’s stock worth $908,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP grew its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 7,156 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,777,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Health Care ETF stock opened at $308.41 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $280.17 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $283.08. The company has a market cap of $18.26 billion, a PE ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.60. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a fifty-two week low of $237.23 and a fifty-two week high of $308.50.

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).