Vale SA vs Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? Vale SA trades at $14.13 (market cap $59.07B), while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $58.85. The key difference: Vale SA pays a 8.93% dividend while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock 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 | VWO | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $59.07B | — |
Sector | Basic Materials | — |
52-Week High | $17.82 | $61.24 |
52-Week Low | $9.53 | $49.54 |
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 FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.
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