VANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND ETF SHARES

Symbol: VHT

Exchange: NYSE ARCA

Sector: Healthcare

Category: Health

Inception Date: 26/01/2004

Latest Date: 17/04/2026

Current Price: $278.45

Expense Ratio: 0.09%

Assets Under Management
$18.6B
0.97% daily change

Period Performance

Adjusted cumulative ETF performance normalized to the first available adjusted price of the selected period.

Adjusted Return
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Performance Metrics

Return

2.54%

Volatility

17.50%

Sharpe Ratio

-3.250

VaR 95%

-1.96%

CVaR 95%: -1.98%
Max Drawdown: -8.23%
Sortino Ratio: -5.158
Calmar Ratio: -6.47
Return

-3.77%

Volatility

15.16%

Sharpe Ratio

-1.579

VaR 95%

-1.65%

CVaR 95%: -1.87%
Max Drawdown: -10.73%
Sortino Ratio: -2.719
Calmar Ratio: -1.89
Return

3.47%

Volatility

13.89%

Sharpe Ratio

0.188

VaR 95%

-1.48%

CVaR 95%: -1.73%
Max Drawdown: -10.73%
Sortino Ratio: 0.319
Calmar Ratio: 0.58
Return

14.72%

Volatility

17.60%

Sharpe Ratio

0.120

VaR 95%

-1.77%

CVaR 95%: -2.61%
Max Drawdown: -10.73%
Sortino Ratio: 0.164
Calmar Ratio: 0.53
Return

13.21%

Volatility

15.01%

Sharpe Ratio

-0.026

VaR 95%

-1.49%

CVaR 95%: -2.21%
Max Drawdown: -16.91%
Sortino Ratio: -0.036
Calmar Ratio: 0.19
Return

18.14%

Volatility

13.78%

Sharpe Ratio

0.183

VaR 95%

-1.26%

CVaR 95%: -2.00%
Max Drawdown: -16.91%
Sortino Ratio: 0.258
Calmar Ratio: 0.36

Daily Returns for Period 12M

Daily simple returns calculated over the official metric window from the same adjusted price series used in the chart: 17/04/2025 - 17/04/2026.

Methodology: adjusted prices + daily simple return
Average Daily Return

0.061%

Best Day

2.731%

01/10/2025
Worst Day

-2.856%

06/05/2025
Days with Data

246

Recent Price History (Last 90 Days)

Date Open High Low Close Volume
17/04/2026 $275.77 $279.09 $275.77 $278.45 142,900
16/04/2026 $275.61 $277.12 $273.71 $274.29 138,800
15/04/2026 $278.21 $278.91 $274.87 $276.41 109,800
14/04/2026 $275.37 $279.23 $275.08 $277.90 130,100
13/04/2026 $273.32 $275.91 $272.49 $275.89 306,200
10/04/2026 $278.55 $278.55 $273.35 $273.78 89,600
02/04/2026 $272.22 $275.71 $271.65 $273.07 109,200
01/04/2026 $274.10 $276.37 $273.36 $274.50 353,000
31/03/2026 $268.28 $272.68 $268.28 $272.33 120,300
30/03/2026 $267.12 $267.80 $265.62 $266.36 124,800