NRG Energy Inc vs Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? NRG Energy Inc trades at $132.3 (market cap $27.55B), while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $58.85. The key difference: NRG Energy Inc pays a 1.46% dividend while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock 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 | VWO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.55B | — |
Sector | Utilities | — |
52-Week High | $184.03 | $61.24 |
52-Week Low | $120.65 | $49.54 |
Enterprise Value | $51.38B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.46% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.
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