Cintas Corporation vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Cintas Corporation trades at $205.28 (market cap $82.15B), while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $246.54. The key difference: Cintas Corporation pays a 1.01% dividend while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Cintas Corporation nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| CTAS | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $82.15B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $225.10 | $245.79 |
52-Week Low | $163.55 | $208.67 |
Enterprise Value | $84.56B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.01% | — |
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In its core uniform and facility services unit (78% of sales), Cintas provides uniform rental programs to businesses across the size spectrum, mostly in North America. The firm is by far the largest provider in the industry. Facilities products generally include the rental and sale of entrance mat, mops, shop towels, hand sanitizers, and restroom supplies. Cintas also runs a first aid and safety services business (11% of sales), a fire protection services business (7% of sales), and a uniform direct sales business (4% of sales).
Read more on CTAS →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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