NRG Energy Inc vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? NRG Energy Inc trades at $132.3 (market cap $27.55B), while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $237. The key difference: NRG Energy Inc pays a 1.46% dividend while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, NRG Energy Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NRG | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.55B | — |
Sector | Utilities | — |
52-Week High | $184.03 | $239.13 |
52-Week Low | $120.65 | $204.09 |
Enterprise Value | $51.38B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.46% | — |
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NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the U.S., with 7 million customers, including its 2021 acquisition of Direct Energy. It also is one of the largest U.S. independent power producers, with 16 gigawatts of nuclear, coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. Since 2018, NRG has divested its 47% stake in NRG Yield, among other renewable energy and conventional generation investments. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.
Read more on NRG →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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