Novartis AG vs Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Novartis AG trades at $153.88 (market cap $290.25B), while Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF trades at $115.8. The key difference: Novartis AG pays a 3.17% dividend while Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NVS | VGT | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $290.25B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $168.62 | $125.77 |
52-Week Low | $113.50 | $83.59 |
Enterprise Value | $330.27B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.17% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Latest headlines on both assets
Novartis develops and manufactures healthcare products through two segments: Innovative Medicines and Sandoz. It generates the vast majority of its revenue from Innovative Medicines segment consisting global business franchises in oncology, ophthalmology, neuroscience, immunology, respiratory, cardio-metabolic, and established medicines. The company sells its products globally, with the United States representing close to one third of total revenue.
Read more on NVS →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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