ResMed Inc. vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? ResMed Inc. trades at $197.45 (market cap $28.81B), while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.52. The key difference: ResMed Inc. pays a 1.21% 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, ResMed Inc. nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| RMD | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $28.81B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $293.73 | $374.36 |
52-Week Low | $182.82 | $305.74 |
Enterprise Value | $27.99B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.21% | — |
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ResMed is one of the largest respiratory care device companies globally, primarily developing and supplying flow generators, masks and accessories for the treatment of sleep apnea. Increasing diagnosis of sleep apnea combined with ageing populations and increasing prevalence of obesity is resulting in a structurally growing market. The company earns roughly two thirds of its revenue in the Americas and the balance across other regions dominated by Europe, Japan and Australia. Recent developments and acquisitions have focused on digital health as ResMed is aiming to differentiate itself through the provision of clinical data for use by the patient, medical care advisor and payer in the out-of-hospital setting.
Read more on RMD →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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