Illinois Tool Works Inc. vs Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Illinois Tool Works Inc. trades at $293.7 (market cap $83.49B), while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF trades at $225.5. The key difference: Illinois Tool Works Inc. pays a 2.35% dividend while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Illinois Tool Works Inc. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ITW | VTV | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $83.49B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $299.60 | $225.35 |
52-Week Low | $241.07 | $179.43 |
Enterprise Value | $92.34B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.35% | — |
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Illinois Tool Works is a diversified global manufacturer that produces specialized industrial equipment, consumables, and related services. The firm operates 87 global divisions through seven distinct operating segments: automotive OEM, construction products, food equipment, specialty products, test/measurement and electronics, polymers and fluids, and welding. About half of its revenue comes from its operations in North America, with the remainder originating from international markets. ITW takes a bottom-up and decentralized approach to portfolio management, with the exception that each segment must apply its 80/20 operating process modeled on the Pareto principle.
Read more on ITW →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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