AstraZeneca plc vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? AstraZeneca plc trades at $157.96 (market cap $248.14B), while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $246.1. The key difference: AstraZeneca plc pays a 2.01% dividend while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, AstraZeneca plc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| AZN | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $248.14B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $209.48 | $245.79 |
52-Week Low | $147.06 | $208.67 |
Enterprise Value | $275.41B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.01% | — |
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A merger between Astra of Sweden and Zeneca Group of the United Kingdom formed AstraZeneca in 1999. The firm sells branded drugs across several major therapeutic classes, including gastrointestinal, diabetes, cardiovascular, respiratory, cancer, and immunology. The majority of sales come from international markets with the United States representing close to one third of its sales.
Read more on AZN →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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