Ross Stores, Inc. vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Ross Stores, Inc. trades at $235.9 (market cap $75.63B), while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.5. The key difference: Ross Stores, Inc. pays a 0.75% dividend while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| ROST | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $75.63B | — |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | — |
52-Week High | $240.13 | $374.36 |
52-Week Low | $134.02 | $305.74 |
Enterprise Value | $76.23B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.75% | — |
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VTI trades at $366.25, down 0.21% on the day, with a bearish technical signal from moving averages. The ETF provides diversified exposure to the entire U.S. stock market with over 3,500 holdings and an ultra-low 0.03% expense ratio. Recent news highlights its appeal for long-term investors seeking broad market coverage and historical resilience during market downturns.
The outlook remains positive for buy-and-hold investors given VTI's diversification benefits and cost efficiency. Key risks include broader market volatility and sector concentration in technology. Wall Street sentiment is generally favorable for long-term wealth building, though short-term technical indicators suggest caution.
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Ross Stores is a leading American off-price apparel and home fashion retailer, operating over 1,920 stores (at the end of fiscal 2021) across the Ross Dress for Less and dd's Discounts banners. Ross offers a variety of name-brand products and targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-70%. The company uses an opportunistic, flexible merchandising approach
Read more on ROST →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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