VHT — Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-29
VHT — Vanguard Health Care Index Fund. United States Large Cap Blend / Core Health Care Equity · $18.99B AUM. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
VHT Fund Overview
VHT — Vanguard Health Care Index Fund is a US ETF managed by Vanguard World Fund, 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 ETF
- Manager: Vanguard World Fund
- Category: United States Large Cap Blend / Core Health Care Equity
- Assets under management: $18.99B
- 1-year return: 16.7%
- Ticker: VHT
- SEC CIK: 0000052848
- SEC series ID: S000004450
- Share class ID: C000012223
VHT Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Vanguard Health Care Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Eli Lilly & Co | 14.04% |
| Johnson & Johnson | 8.47% |
| AbbVie Inc | 6.09% |
| UnitedHealth Group Inc | 5.45% |
| Merck & Co Inc | 4.66% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc | 2.93% |
| Amgen Inc | 2.87% |
| Gilead Sciences Inc | 2.64% |
| Intuitive Surgical Inc | 2.38% |
| Pfizer Inc | 2.35% |
VHT Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Vanguard Health Care Index Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 0.2% |
VHT Performance
Total returns for VHT (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | -2.4% |
| 1 year | 16.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 7.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 4.6% |
VHT Risk Information
Risk metrics for VHT, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.7%
VHT Costs and Fees
VHT costs about $9 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.09%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.09%
- Portfolio turnover: 4%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.16 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
VHT Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-05, Vanguard Health Care Index Fund had net outflows of $923.80M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-05 | −$19.32M |
| 2026-04 | −$69.82M |
| 2026-03 | −$98.14M |
| 2026-02 | −$123.42M |
| 2026-01 | −$36.59M |
| 2025-12 | −$12.45M |
VHT Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in Vanguard Health Care Index Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
VHT Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Vanguard Health Care Index Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2024-12-20
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-06-30
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2025-02-03
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-07-29
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-04-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-01-28
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-11-12
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2024-11-12
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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.