Smith & Nephew plc vs Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Smith & Nephew plc trades at $30.05 (market cap $12.54B), while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $43.62. The key difference: Smith & Nephew plc pays a 2.65% dividend while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund pays none, and Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund is trading nearer its 52-week high, Smith & Nephew plc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| SNN | XLU | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $12.54B | — |
Sector | Health | — |
52-Week High | $38.70 | $47.73 |
52-Week Low | $28.73 | $41.31 |
Enterprise Value | $15.57B | — |
Dividend Yield | 2.65% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Smith & Nephew designs, manufactures, and markets orthopedic devices, sports medicine and arthroscopic technologies, and wound-care solutions. Roughly 42% of the U.K.-based firm's revenue comes from orthopedic products, and another 30% is sports medicine and ENT. The remaining 28% of revenue is from the advanced wound therapy segment. Roughly half of Smith & Nephew's total revenue comes from the United States, just over 30% is from other developed markets, and emerging markets account for the remainder.
Read more on SNN →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
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