J M Smucker Co vs Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? J M Smucker Co trades at $112.69 (market cap $11.97B), while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF trades at $369.5. The key difference: J M Smucker Co pays a 3.93% dividend while Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF pays none. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SJM | VTI | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $11.97B | — |
Sector | Consumer Staples | — |
52-Week High | $117.05 | $374.36 |
52-Week Low | $89.53 | $305.74 |
Enterprise Value | $19.00B | — |
Dividend Yield | 3.93% | — |
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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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J.M. Smucker is a packaged food company that primarily operates in the U.S. retail channel (87% of fiscal 2022 revenue), but also in U.S. food-service (7%), and international (6%). Its largest segment is pet food and treats (36% of 2022 revenue), with popular brands such as Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, 9Lives, Kibbles 'n Bits, Nature's Recipe, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Its second-largest category is coffee (35% across channels) with the number-two brand Folgers and number-six Dunkin'. Other large categories are peanut butter (10%), with number-one Jif, fruit spreads (5%) with number-one Smucker's, and frozen hand-held foods (6%) with number-one Uncrustables.
Read more on SJM →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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