VANGUARD HEALTH CARE INDEX FUND ETF SHARES
Symbol: VHT
Exchange: NYSE
Sector: Healthcare
Category: Health
Inception date: 26/01/2004
Latest date: 16/07/2026
Current price: $304.15
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
7.01%
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
11.27%
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
5.74%
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
24.98%
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
13.92%
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
30.36%
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: 16/07/2025 - 16/07/2026.
Average daily return
0.094%
Best day
2.946%
Worst day
-2.448%
Days with data
251
Recent price history (last 90 days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/07/2026 | $301.97 | $306.10 | $301.55 | $304.15 | 317,300 |
| 15/07/2026 | $297.12 | $300.48 | $296.91 | $299.01 | 282,900 |
| 14/07/2026 | $301.56 | $301.56 | $297.45 | $298.59 | 249,800 |
| 13/07/2026 | $303.51 | $305.14 | $302.00 | $303.59 | 164,400 |
| 10/07/2026 | $307.22 | $307.40 | $302.26 | $303.46 | 425,000 |
| 09/07/2026 | $306.00 | $308.84 | $305.15 | $306.54 | 256,800 |
| 08/07/2026 | $308.44 | $308.80 | $306.09 | $306.41 | 211,700 |
| 07/07/2026 | $310.29 | $311.67 | $309.33 | $310.29 | 248,700 |
| 06/07/2026 | $307.38 | $307.92 | $302.45 | $305.80 | 242,300 |
| 02/07/2026 | $302.40 | $308.50 | $302.24 | $308.41 | 509,500 |