Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF vs Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF — how do they compare? Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF trades at $86.11, while Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades at $160.43. The key difference: Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VUG | VYM | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Sector/Thematic | — |
52-Week High | $90.29 | $161.17 |
52-Week Low | $70.00 | $132.90 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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VUG is an index-based ETF that tracks the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index, providing concentrated exposure to the largest and fastest-growing companies in the United States. It focuses on stocks with high growth potential across tech, communication, and consumer sectors, serving as a low-cost, high-conviction core holding for long-term capital appreciation.
Read more on VUG →The advisor employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that pay dividends that generally are higher than average. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of the fund's 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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