FirstEnergy Corp. vs Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? FirstEnergy Corp. trades at $46.86 (market cap $27.10B), while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF trades at $96.66. The key difference: FirstEnergy Corp. pays a 3.97% dividend while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, FirstEnergy Corp. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| FE | VNQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.10B | — |
Sector | Utilities | — |
52-Week High | $51.91 | $100.95 |
52-Week Low | $42.83 | $87.00 |
Enterprise Value | $56.02B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.97% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
FirstEnergy is one of the largest investor-owned utilities in the United States with 10 regulated distribution companies across six mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states. FirstEnergy also owns and operates one of the nation's largest electric transmission systems with 24,000 miles of lines.
Read more on FE →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small US companies within the real estate sector. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.
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