Vale SA vs Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Vale SA trades at $14.13 (market cap $59.07B), while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF trades at $218.54. The key difference: Vale SA pays a 8.93% dividend while Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Value 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 | VTV | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $59.07B | — |
Sector | Basic Materials | — |
52-Week High | $17.82 | $220.51 |
52-Week Low | $9.53 | $175.51 |
Enterprise Value | $75.99B | — |
Dividend Yield | 8.93% | — |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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 CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of value stocks of large US companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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