Vale SA vs Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Vale SA trades at $14.13 (market cap $59.07B), while Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF trades at $115.95. The key difference: Vale SA pays a 8.93% dividend while Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vale SA nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VALE | VGT | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $59.07B | — |
Sector | Basic Materials | — |
52-Week High | $17.82 | $125.77 |
52-Week Low | $9.53 | $83.59 |
Enterprise Value | $75.99B | — |
Dividend Yield | 8.93% | — |
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Vale is the world's largest iron ore miner and one of the largest diversified miners, along with BHP and Rio Tinto. Earnings are dominated by the bulk materials division, primarily iron ore and iron ore pellets, with minor contributions from iron ore proxies, including manganese and coal. The base metals division is much smaller, primarily consisting of nickel mines and smelters with a small contribution from copper.
Read more on VALE →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index/Information Technology 25/50, an index made up of stocks of large, mid-size, and small US companies within the information technology sector, as classified under the GICS. 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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