Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) Short Interest Update

Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 118,905 shares, a drop of 56.2% from the June 15th total of 271,508 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 324,002 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of Vanguard Health Care ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in VHT. Trilogy Capital Inc. raised its stake in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 3.6% in the second quarter. Trilogy Capital Inc. now owns 973 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 1.3% during the fourth quarter. Conservest Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $826,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Nwam LLC boosted its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2.8% during the first quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 1,415 shares of the company’s stock valued at $385,000 after buying an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Narus Financial Partners LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 3.1% during the first quarter. Narus Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $366,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Richmond Investment Services LLC grew its holdings in Vanguard Health Care ETF by 4.4% during the first quarter. Richmond Investment Services LLC now owns 957 shares of the company’s stock worth $261,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:VHT traded down $4.65 during midday trading on Tuesday, hitting $298.94. 151,709 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 234,509. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a 12 month low of $237.23 and a 12 month high of $311.67. The company has a market cap of $17.79 billion, a PE ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.60. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $285.18 and a 200-day moving average price of $283.99.

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).