ASML Holding NV vs Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? ASML Holding NV trades at $1,821.51 (market cap $689.17B), while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $60.1. The key difference: ASML Holding NV pays a 0.5% dividend while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ASML | VWO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $689.17B | — |
Sector | Technology | — |
52-Week High | $1.99K | $61.24 |
52-Week Low | $725.85 | $51.20 |
Enterprise Value | $682.70B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.5% | — |
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Founded in 1984 and based in the Netherlands, ASML is the leader in photolithography systems used in the manufacturing of semiconductors. Photolithography is the process in which a light source is used to expose circuit patterns from a photomask onto a semiconductor wafer. The latest technological advances in this segment allow chipmakers to continually increase the number of transistors on the same area of silicon, with lithography historically representing a meaningful portion of the cost of making cutting-edge chips. Chipmakers require next-generation EUV lithography tools from ASML to continue past the 5-nanometer process node. ASML's products are used at every major semiconductor manufacturer, including Intel, Samsung, and TSMC.
Read more on ASML →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.
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