Vanguard Health Care ETF (VHT) to Issue Dividend of $0.97 on July 2nd

Vanguard Health Care ETF (NYSEARCA:VHT) declared a dividend on Thursday, February 29th, NASDAQ reports. Investors of record on Friday, June 28th will be paid a dividend of 0.9656 per share on Tuesday, July 2nd. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 28th. This is an increase from Vanguard Health Care ETF’s previous dividend of $0.88.

Vanguard Health Care ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA VHT traded down $0.26 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $267.43. 158,919 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 174,220. The business’s 50-day moving average is $263.01 and its 200-day moving average is $260.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $17.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.22 and a beta of 0.61. Vanguard Health Care ETF has a twelve month low of $222.27 and a twelve month high of $271.53.

About Vanguard Health Care ETF

Vanguard Health Care ETF seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the health care sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of two main industry groups.