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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 $49.10B

State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF

All Healthcare funds

Score Ticker Name AUM
84 VHT Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares $23.73B†
82 XLV State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF $49.10B
82 XBI State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF $10.92B
80 FHLC Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF $3.95B
72 IBB iShares Biotechnology ETF $11.50B
70 IXJ iShares Global Healthcare ETF $4.65B
64 IHI iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF $3.66B
60 IHF iShares U.S. Healthcare Providers ETF $1.47B

† 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.

Every other pairing is on the compare hub.

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