Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF vs Xcel Energy Inc — how do they compare? Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF trades at $99.41, while Xcel Energy Inc trades at $79 (market cap $49.11B). The key difference: Xcel Energy Inc pays a 3.01% dividend while Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF pays none, and Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Xcel Energy Inc nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VNQ | XEL | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $100.07 | $83.91 |
52-Week Low | $87.00 | $71.14 |
Market Cap | — | $49.11B |
Sector | — | Utilities |
Enterprise Value | — | $86.55B |
Dividend Yield | — | 3.01% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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.
Read more on VNQ →Xcel Energy manages utilities serving 3.7 million electric customers and 2.1 million natural gas customers in eight states. Its utilities are Northern States Power, which serves customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan
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