VANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND ETF SHARES
Symbol: VHT
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Healthcare
Category: Health
Inception date: 26/01/2004
Latest date: 15/10/2026
Current price: $329.15
Expense ratio: 0.09%
Period performance
Adjusted cumulative ETF performance, normalized to the first available adjusted price in the selected period.
Performance metrics
Period total return
4.96%
Ann. -53.24% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
17.50%
Sharpe ratio
-3.250
VaR 95%
-1.96%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
10.41%
Ann. -20.30% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
15.16%
Sharpe ratio
-1.579
VaR 95%
-1.65%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
19.85%
Ann. 6.24% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
13.89%
Sharpe ratio
0.188
VaR 95%
-1.48%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
25.51%
Ann. 5.74% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
17.60%
Sharpe ratio
0.120
VaR 95%
-1.77%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
20.70%
Ann. 3.24% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
15.01%
Sharpe ratio
-0.026
VaR 95%
-1.49%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Period total return
44.39%
Ann. 6.15% (Sharpe / Sortino numerator)
Volatility
13.78%
Sharpe ratio
0.183
VaR 95%
-1.26%
The performance chart and period total return use a rolling window to the latest adjusted close. For 1M/3M/6M/... periods, default behavior is Yahoo-style rolling (first session on or after "latest date minus N calendar months" through the latest quote). If the calendar is already in a new month, the last quote is near month-end, and there is no current-month data yet, the window switches to N full calendar months ending in that quote month. Sharpe, Sortino, VaR and related metrics still come from the latest batch row. Sharpe/Sortino use annualized excess return versus the US risk-free rate, so a positive chart can still show a negative ratio if annualized return is below cash.
Daily returns for period 12M
Daily simple returns from the same adjusted closes used by the performance chart: 15/10/2025 - 15/10/2026.
Average daily return
0.095%
Best day
3.337%
Worst day
-2.192%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/10/2026 | $327.12 | $331.77 | $327.12 | $329.15 | 289,000 |
| 14/10/2026 | $317.71 | $323.18 | $317.71 | $323.15 | 368,300 |
| 13/10/2026 | $321.64 | $321.77 | $316.00 | $316.37 | 359,600 |
| 12/10/2026 | $320.04 | $320.81 | $319.00 | $320.67 | 168,300 |
| 09/10/2026 | $313.35 | $319.53 | $312.97 | $319.01 | 250,800 |
| 08/10/2026 | $313.87 | $314.43 | $308.53 | $313.85 | 354,900 |
| 07/10/2026 | $313.66 | $318.31 | $313.41 | $315.31 | 370,000 |
| 06/10/2026 | $315.80 | $317.27 | $310.70 | $312.88 | 222,600 |
| 05/10/2026 | $311.74 | $315.19 | $310.89 | $314.51 | 231,800 |
| 02/10/2026 | $312.74 | $313.00 | $310.31 | $311.90 | 151,500 |