VGHCX — Vanguard Health Care Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
VGHCX — Vanguard Health Care Fund. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Health Care Equity · $36.86B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VGHCX Fund Overview
VGHCX — Vanguard Health Care Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Vanguard Specialized Funds, categorised as United States Large Cap Blend / Core 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 Large Cap Blend / Core Health Care Equity
- Assets under management: $36.86B
- 1-year return: 13.4%
- Ticker: VGHCX
- SEC CIK: 0000734383
- SEC series ID: S000002922
- Share class ID: C000008007
VGHCX 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% |
VGHCX 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% |
VGHCX Performance
Total returns for VGHCX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -3.0% |
| 1 year | 13.4% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 4.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 5.3% |
VGHCX Risk Information
Risk metrics for VGHCX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 15.2%
VGHCX Costs and Fees
VGHCX costs about $33 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.33%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.33%
- Portfolio turnover: 47%
- Brokerage commissions: 4.61 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VGHCX 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 |
VGHCX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vanguard Health Care Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VGHCX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Health Care Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-05-28
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-05-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-05-24
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-06-26
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-03-31
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2025-12-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-04-14
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-04-11
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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.