Rockwell Automation vs Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF — how do they compare? Rockwell Automation trades at $466.2 (market cap $51.04B), while Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF trades at $49.65. The key difference: Rockwell Automation pays a 1.2% dividend while Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF pays none, and Rockwell Automation is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Sht-Term Inflation-Protected Sec Idx ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ROK | VTIP | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $51.04B | — |
Sector | Industrials | — |
52-Week High | $495.08 | $50.75 |
52-Week Low | $328.67 | $49.39 |
Enterprise Value | $54.67B | — |
Dividend Yield | 1.2% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Rockwell Automation is a pure-play automation competitor that is the successor entity to Rockwell International, which spun off its former Rockwell Collins avionics segment in 2001. As of fiscal 2021, the firm operates through three segments--intelligent devices, software and control, and lifecycle services. Intelligent devices contains its drives, sensors, and industrial components, software and control contains its information and network and security software, while lifecycle services contains its consulting and maintenance services as well as its Sensia JV with Schlumberger.
Read more on ROK →The index is a market-capitalization-weighted index that includes all inflation-protected public obligations issued by the US Treasury with remaining maturities of less than 5 years. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the securities that make up the index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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