Nutrien Ltd vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Nutrien Ltd trades at $66.8 (market cap $31.67B), while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.5. The key difference: Nutrien Ltd pays a 3.3% 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, Nutrien Ltd nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NTR | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $31.67B | — |
Sector | Basic Materials | — |
52-Week High | $83.94 | $374.36 |
52-Week Low | $53.64 | $305.74 |
Enterprise Value | $44.84B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.3% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Created in 2018 as a result of the merger between PotashCorp and Agrium, Nutrien is the world's largest fertilizer producer by capacity. Nutrien produces the three main crop nutrients--nitrogen, potash, and phosphate--although its main focus is potash, where it is the global leader in installed capacity with roughly 20% share. The company is also the largest agricultural retailer in the United States, selling fertilizers, crop chemicals, seeds, and services directly to farm customers through its brick-and-mortar stores and online platforms.
Read more on NTR →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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