Novartis AG vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Novartis AG trades at $152.4 (market cap $295.37B), while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $381.91. The key difference: Novartis AG pays a 3.07% 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, Novartis AG nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NVS | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $295.37B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $168.62 | $381.78 |
52-Week Low | $119.31 | $311.68 |
Enterprise Value | $336.69B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.07% | — |
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 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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