Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp Raises Holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT)

Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) by 1.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 94,203 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 888 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp owned 0.14% of Vanguard Health Care ETF worth $23,898,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC increased its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 15.2% during the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 41,069 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,590,000 after purchasing an additional 5,426 shares in the last quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF during the third quarter worth about $647,000. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 9.1% in the third quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 10,012 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,825,000 after buying an additional 836 shares during the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its position in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.9% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 191,711 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,104,000 after acquiring an additional 3,625 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC grew its stake in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 237.3% in the 3rd quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 5,450 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,538,000 after acquiring an additional 3,834 shares during the period.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

Shares of VHT opened at $244.93 on Friday. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a fifty-two week low of $244.87 and a fifty-two week high of $289.14. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $267.59 and a two-hundred day moving average of $268.31. The company has a market capitalization of $21.38 billion, a PE ratio of 28.31 and a beta of 0.74.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 27th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, March 25th were paid a $0.9396 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, March 25th.

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.