Lockheed Martin Corporation vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Lockheed Martin Corporation trades at $596 (market cap $137.96B), while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $382. The key difference: Lockheed Martin Corporation pays a 2.31% dividend while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Lockheed Martin Corporation nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| LMT | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $137.96B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $676.70 | $381.78 |
52-Week Low | $431.56 | $311.68 |
Enterprise Value | $154.71B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.31% | — |
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Lockheed Martin is the largest defense contractor globally and has dominated the Western market for high-end fighter aircraft since the F-35 program was awarded in 2001. Lockheed's largest segment is aeronautics, which is dominated by the massive F-35 program. Lockheed's remaining segments are rotary and mission systems, which is mainly the Sikorsky helicopter business.
Read more on LMT →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which represents approximately 100% of the investable US stock market and includes large-, mid-, small-, and micro-cap stocks. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the full index in terms of key characteristics.
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