Healthcare

Pharma, biotech, medical devices, healthcare services. Defensive characteristics; lower correlation with broad equity than most sectors.

8 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.5.2.

Top score

VHT 84 / 100

Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares

Cheapest

XLV 0.080%

State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF

Largest by AUM

XLV $43.39B

State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF

All Healthcare funds

Score	Ticker	Name	Expense	AUM	Yield
84	VHT	Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares	0.090%	$21.81B^†	1.39%
82	XLV	State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF	0.080%	$43.39B	1.42%
82	XBI	State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF	0.35%	$10.36B	0.36%
79	FHLC	Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF	0.084%	$3.54B	1.18%
72	IBB	iShares Biotechnology ETF	0.44%	$11.20B	0.16%
69	IXJ	iShares Global Healthcare ETF	0.38%	$4.32B	1.32%
63	IHI	iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF	0.37%	$3.45B	0.48%
59	IHF	iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF	0.37%	$1.36B	0.90%

† Whole fund: this ETF is one share class of a fund that also sells mutual-fund shares, and the figure covers all of them. Our sources don't report the ETF class on its own.

Compare within Healthcare

The closest-held pairs in this category, by holdings overlap. Each side-by-side breaks down shared positions, cost difference, and the full score breakdown.

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Methodology v0.5.2. See /methodology/ for every threshold and weight used to score these funds.