Kimberly Clark Corp vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Kimberly Clark Corp trades at $108.02 (market cap $36.11B), while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $246.1. The key difference: Kimberly Clark Corp pays a 4.72% dividend while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Kimberly Clark Corp nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| KMB | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $36.11B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | — |
52-Week High | $134.81 | $245.79 |
52-Week Low | $93.05 | $208.67 |
Enterprise Value | $41.67B | — |
Dividend Yield | 4.72% | — |
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With around half of sales from personal care and another third from tissue products, Kimberly-Clark sits as a leading manufacturer of tissue and hygiene realm. Its brand mix includes Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, Depend, Kleenex, and Cottonelle. The firm also operates K-C Professional, which partners with businesses to provide safety and sanitary products for the workplace. Kimberly-Clark generates just over of half its sales in North America and more than 10% in Europe, with the rest primarily concentrated in Asia and Latin America.
Read more on KMB →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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