Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 222,567 shares, a growth of 87.2% from the June 30th total of 118,905 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 293,957 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd purchased a new position in Vanguard Health Care ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $251,293,000. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 448,964 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,615,053 shares of the company’s stock valued at $464,893,000 after purchasing an additional 140,350 shares during the period. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF by 2,388.3% during the 4th quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 118,641 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,151,000 after purchasing an additional 113,873 shares during the period. Finally, UBS Group AG lifted its stake in shares of 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.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

Shares of Vanguard Health Care ETF stock opened at $311.32 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $18.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.85 and a beta of 0.60. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $292.79 and its 200 day moving average is $285.09. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a one year low of $237.23 and a one year high of $314.90.

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).