Dollar General Corp. vs Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Dollar General Corp. trades at $120 (market cap $26.49B), while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF trades at $225.54. The key difference: Dollar General Corp. pays a 1.97% dividend while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Dollar General Corp. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| DG | VTV | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $26.49B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | — |
52-Week High | $156.26 | $225.35 |
52-Week Low | $95.94 | $179.43 |
Enterprise Value | $40.93B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.97% | — |
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A leading American discount retailer, Dollar General operates over 18,000 stores in 47 states, selling branded and private-label products across a wide variety of categories. In fiscal 2021, 77% of net sales came from consumables (including paper and cleaning products, packaged and perishable food, tobacco, and health and beauty items), 12% from seasonal merchandise (such as toys, greeting cards, decorations, and gardening supplies), 7% from home products (for example, kitchen supplies, small appliances, and cookware), and 4% from basic apparel. Stores average roughly 7,400 square feet, and about 75% of Dollar General locations are in towns of 20,000 or fewer people. The firm emphasizes value, with most of its items sold at everyday low prices of $5 or less.
Read more on DG →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of value stocks of large US companies. 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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