Trip.com Group Ltd vs Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Trip.com Group Ltd trades at $43.78 (market cap $28.12B), while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF trades at $99.69. The key difference: Trip.com Group Ltd pays a 0.42% dividend while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Trip.com Group Ltd nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| TCOM | VNQ | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $28.12B | — |
Sector | Consumer Cyclical | — |
52-Week High | $78.96 | $100.07 |
52-Week Low | $39.84 | $87.00 |
Enterprise Value | $20.82B | — |
Dividend Yield | 0.42% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
Trip.com is the largest online travel agent in China and is positioned to benefit from the country's rising demand for higher-margin outbound travel as passport penetration is only 12% in China. The company generated about 78% of sales from accommodation reservations and transportation ticketing in 2020. The rest of revenue comes from package tours and corporate travel. Prior to the pandemic in 2019, the company generated 25% of revenue from international business, which is important to its margin expansion. Most of sales come from websites and mobile platforms, while the rest come from call centers. The competes in a crowded OTA industry in China, including Meituan, Alibaba-backed Fliggy, Toncheng, and Qunar. The company was founded in 1999 and listed on the Nasdaq in December 2003.
Read more on TCOM →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small US companies within the real estate sector. The Advisor attempts to replicate the target index by seeking to invest all of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, in order to hold each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. It is non-diversified.
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