American Water Works Company Inc vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? American Water Works Company Inc trades at $131.69 (market cap $25.69B), while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $237.71. The key difference: American Water Works Company Inc pays a 2.72% dividend while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, American Water Works Company Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AWK | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $25.69B | — |
Sector | Utilities | — |
52-Week High | $147.00 | $239.03 |
52-Week Low | $121.13 | $204.09 |
Enterprise Value | $41.25B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.72% | — |
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American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.5 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets. The company's only nonregulated business is water services for military bases, which operates under long-term contracts.
Read more on AWK →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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