American Water Works Company Inc vs Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? American Water Works Company Inc trades at $131.69 (market cap $25.69B), while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $59.08. The key difference: American Water Works Company Inc pays a 2.72% dividend while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock 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 | VWO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $25.69B | — |
Sector | Utilities | — |
52-Week High | $147.00 | $61.24 |
52-Week Low | $121.13 | $49.54 |
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 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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