VGHAX — Vanguard Health Care Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
VGHAX — Vanguard Health Care Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Health Care Equity · $36.86B AUM · 0.27% expense ratio · 13.5% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
VGHAX Fund Overview
VGHAX — Vanguard Health Care Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Specialized Funds, categorised as United States Health Care Equity. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Vanguard Specialized Funds
- Category: United States Health Care Equity
- Assets under management: $36.86B
- 1-year return: 13.5%
- Ticker: VGHAX
- SEC CIK: 0000734383
- SEC series ID: S000002922
- Share class ID: C000008008
VGHAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Health Care Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Eli Lilly & Co | 9.08% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 5.41% |
| AstraZeneca PLC | 5.09% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | 3.92% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 3.45% |
| Edwards Lifesciences Corp | 3.21% |
| Gsk PLC | 3.13% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc | 2.71% |
| Boston Scientific Corp | 2.36% |
| Danaher Corp | 2.35% |
VGHAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Health Care Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 98.4% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 1.3% |
VGHAX Performance
Total returns for VGHAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -3.0% |
| 1 year | 13.5% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.3% |
VGHAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VGHAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.2%
VGHAX Costs and Fees
VGHAX costs about $27 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.27%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.27%
- Portfolio turnover: 47%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.61 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VGHAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, Vanguard Health Care Fund had net outflows of $3.51B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | −$388.89M |
| 2026-03 | $950.93M |
| 2026-02 | −$288.57M |
| 2026-01 | −$370.84M |
| 2025-12 | $430.51M |
| 2025-11 | −$359.63M |
VGHAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vanguard Health Care Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VGHAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Health Care Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.