A O Smith Corp vs Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? A O Smith Corp trades at $59.46 (market cap $8.33B), while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF trades at $97.66. The key difference: A O Smith Corp pays a 2.35% dividend while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, A O Smith Corp nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AOS | VNQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $8.33B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $80.47 | $98.66 |
52-Week Low | $55.78 | $87.00 |
Enterprise Value | $8.78B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.35% | — |
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A.O. Smith Corporation manufactures and markets comprehensive lines of residential and commercial gas, gas tankless, and electric water heaters. Supplementary products include water heating equipment, condensing and noncondensing boilers, and water system tanks. The company's two operating segments are by geographic region: North America (majority of total revenue) and the Rest of the World. A material portion of sales in North America derive from replacing existing products, and the company utilizes a wholesale distribution channel and multiple selling locations. The Rest of the World segment sells primarily to Asian countries and operates sales offices to expand distribution and market its product portfolio.
Read more on AOS →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small US companies within the real estate sector. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.
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