AMETEK, Inc. vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? AMETEK, Inc. trades at $255.78 (market cap $58.76B), while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $246. The key difference: AMETEK, Inc. pays a 0.53% dividend while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AME | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $58.76B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $256.30 | $245.79 |
52-Week Low | $179.28 | $208.67 |
Enterprise Value | $60.30B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.53% | — |
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Ametek is a diversified industrial conglomerate with over $6 billion in sales. The firm operates through an electronic instruments group and an electromechanical group. EIG designs and manufactures differentiated and advanced instruments for the process, aerospace, power, and industrial end markets. EMG is a focused, niche supplier of highly engineered automation solutions, thermal management systems, specialty metals, and electrical interconnects, among other products. About half of the firm's sales are made in the United States. The firm's asset-light strategy in place for nearly two decades emphasizes growth through acquisitions, new product development through research and development, driving operational efficiencies, and global and market expansion.
Read more on AME →The advisor employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that have a record of increasing dividends over time. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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