KLA Corp. vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? KLA Corp. trades at $204.94 (market cap $261.92B), while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $246.54. The key difference: KLA Corp. pays a 0.46% dividend while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, KLA Corp. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KLAC | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $261.92B | — |
Sector | Technology | — |
52-Week High | $301.71 | $245.79 |
52-Week Low | $84.39 | $208.67 |
Enterprise Value | $263.17B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.46% | — |
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KLA designs and manufactures yield-management and process-monitoring diagnostic and control systems for the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The systems are used to analyze the manufacturing process at various steps in a semiconductor's development. The firm's laser-scanning products are used for wafer qualification, process monitoring, and equipment monitoring. KLA also provides inspection tools and systems for optical metrology and e-beam metrology.
Read more on KLAC →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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