Atria Investments Inc Increases Position in Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

Atria Investments Inc increased its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 39.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 15,657 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,422 shares during the period. Atria Investments Inc’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $4,507,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in VHT. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in 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 worth $476,586,000 after acquiring an additional 448,964 shares in the last quarter. Lido Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF in the third quarter worth $28,576,000. UBS Group AG grew its position in 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 worth $338,829,000 after acquiring an additional 105,050 shares in the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets grew its position in 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 worth $32,554,000 after acquiring an additional 100,316 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV grew its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 379.4% in the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 121,579 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,548,000 after acquiring an additional 96,218 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VHT opened at $270.62 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $273.85 and a 200 day moving average of $282.58. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 52-week low of $237.23 and a 52-week high of $298.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.10 billion, a PE ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.62.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Company 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).