Healthcare exchange-traded funds (ETF) are those ETFs which collect the capital from investors and invest the pooled capital in the stocks and other suitable financial securities of the companies that operate in the healthcare sector. These companies are classified as healthcare companies as they generate their profits and revenues through business activities of research, development, production, sales and marketing of healthcare products and services of various kinds. This article provides the list of ETFs which belong to the Healthcare category and are available for trading in the U.S. capital markets. Following is the list of all 67 exchange-traded funds that FKnol has in its database for ETFs which belong to the Healthcare category:
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Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH)
The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF tracks an equal-weighted index of US health care companies taken from the S&P 500 Index. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Health & Biotech Equities
The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Healthcare Sector ETF tracks a cap-weighted index of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, health care services and equipment companies in the US. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Health & Biotech Equities
The Vanguard Health Care ETF tracks the MSCI U.S. Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, which includes health care stocks pulled from the top 98% of the total US stock market capitalization. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Health & Biotech Equities
The iShares Dow Jones U.S. Pharmaceuticals ETF tracks a broad-based, cap-weighted index of US pharmaceutical companies. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Health & Biotech Equities
The First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology ETF tracks an equal-weighted index of US biotechnology stocks. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Health & Biotech Equities
The Invesco S&P SmallCap Health Care ETF tracks a cap-weighted index of small-cap health care companies taken from the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. ...Detailed Profile Dividend Frequency: Quarterly Dividend History
Category: Health & Biotech Equities
Healthcare ETFs pool in investors' money and invest it in a select basket of stocks of companies operating in the healthcare sector. The large umbrella of healthcare companies include pharmaceuticals, medical devices, drug research, hospitals, care giving facilities and related functions. A few ETFs may follow a particular healthcare specific market index, while other ETFs may pick and choose their own list of healthcare stocks based on their own research. This article lists the major ETFs which operate in the healthcare space. Investing through such ETFs allows one to avoid the stock-specific risk and take a low-cost approach to investing on a combined basket of healthcare stocks. However, the risk mitigation also comes with the drawback of getting average returns which is based on the average performance of the whole basket of stock that the healthcare ETF may invest in.
Where do Healthcare ETFs Invest?
A long list of companies and different financial instruments exist where the Healthcare exchange-traded funds may invest the money collected from the ETF investors. Below is a small sample of companies whose stocks may qualify for investment by Healthcare ETFs, though there can be many more businesses and financial instruments where these ETFs can park the capital for returns:
▶ Johnson and Johnson (JNJ): Johnson & Johnson, together with its subsidiaries, researches and develops, manufactures, and sells various products in the health care field worldwide. It operates in three segments: Consumer, Pharma....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Anthem Inc. (ANTM): Anthem, Inc., incorporated on July 17, 2001, is a health benefits company. The Company operates through three segments: Commercial and Specialty Business, Government Business and Other. It offers a full ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Amgen Inc (AMGN): Amgen Inc., incorporated on October 31, 1986, is a biotechnology company. The Company discovers, develops, manufactures and delivers various human therapeutics. The Company operates in the human therapeutics segment. The ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Centene Corporation (CNC): Centene Corporation, incorporated on September 26, 2001, is a healthcare company. The Company provides a portfolio of services to government sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on under-insured and uninsured individuals. The ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ DaVita Inc. (DVA): DaVita Inc., formerly DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., incorporated on April 4, 1994, operates two divisions: DaVita Kidney Care (Kidney Care) and DaVita Medical Group (DMG). The Kidney Care division consists ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ Hologic (HOLX): Hologic, Inc., incorporated on January 18, 1990, is a developer, manufacturer and supplier of diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products with an emphasis on womens health. The Company ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History
▶ IDEXX Laboratories (IDXX): IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., incorporated on December 19, 1983, develops, manufactures and distributes products and provides services primarily for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, dairy and water testing markets. ....Detailed Company Profile....Dividend History