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VHT · Vanguard Health Care ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in VHT with dividends reinvested grew to $73,473, 14.14% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -15.71%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How VHT held up in past market crashes
VHT has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 40.9% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 2.2 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VHT deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 financial crisis | -40.9% | -56.5% | Dec 2007 to Mar 2009 | 2.2 years |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -17.3% | -20.2% | Oct 2018 to Dec 2018 | 11 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -29.0% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 3 months |
| 2022 bear market | -17.1% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Jun 2022 | 20 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About VHT
Vanguard Health Care ETF is a health care sector exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to U.S. companies involved in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, health care equipment, life sciences tools, and health care services. The fund follows a passive indexing approach and is built to track the MSCI US IMI Health Care 25/50 Index, giving investors diversified access to large-, mid-, and small-cap health care businesses within a single portfolio.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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