McKesson Corporation vs Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? McKesson Corporation trades at $832.45 (market cap $97.35B), while Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF trades at $115.78. The key difference: McKesson Corporation pays a 0.39% dividend while Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, McKesson Corporation nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| MCK | VGT | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $97.35B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $995.69 | $125.77 |
52-Week Low | $659.01 | $83.59 |
Enterprise Value | $101.98B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.39% | — |
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McKesson is a leading wholesaler of branded, generic, and specialty pharmaceutical products to pharmacies (retail chains, independent, and mail order), hospitals networks, and healthcare providers. Along with AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health, the three account for well over 90% of the U.S. pharmaceutical wholesale industry. McKesson is currently divesting from its pharmaceutical wholesale and distribution in Europe and Canada in order to redeploy capital to strategic growth areas in the U.S. (oncology network and ecosystem, and biopharma services). Additionally, the company supplies medical-surgical products and equipment to healthcare facilities and provides a variety of technology solutions for pharmacies.
Read more on MCK →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index/Information Technology 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small US companies within the information technology sector, as classified under the GICS. 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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