VHT — Vanguard Health Care Index Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-29
VHT — Vanguard Health Care Index Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. United States Health Care Equity · $18.99B AUM · 0.09% expense ratio · 10.6% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
VHT Fund Overview
VHT — Vanguard Health Care Index Fund is a US ETF managed by Vanguard World Fund, 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 ETF
- Manager: Vanguard World Fund
- Category: United States Health Care Equity
- Assets under management: $18.99B
- 1-year return: 10.6%
- 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 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 2.7% |
| 1 year | 10.6% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 9.6% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.2% |
VHT Risk Information
Risk metrics for VHT, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 14.3%
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 2026-02, Vanguard Health Care Index Fund had net outflows of $1.07B, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | −$123.42M |
| 2026-01 | −$36.59M |
| 2025-12 | −$12.45M |
| 2025-11 | $111.91M |
| 2025-10 | $194.37M |
| 2025-09 | −$214.67M |
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.
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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.