BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC Raises Stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF $VHT

BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC increased its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 6.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 26,316 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,674 shares during the period. BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC’s holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF were worth $7,869,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 30.5% during 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 purchasing an additional 448,964 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 9.5% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,615,053 shares of the company’s stock worth $464,893,000 after buying an additional 140,350 shares during the last quarter. UBS Group AG increased its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 8.8% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,305,197 shares of the company’s stock valued at $338,829,000 after buying an additional 105,050 shares in the last quarter. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd purchased a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $251,293,000. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 806,286 shares of the company’s stock valued at $232,089,000 after buying an additional 51,515 shares during the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

Vanguard Health Care ETF stock opened at $320.96 on Monday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $308.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $289.21. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 12 month low of $249.57 and a 12 month high of $330.75. The company has a market capitalization of $19.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.59.

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).