Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF vs Wendys Co — how do they compare? Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $58.85, while Wendys Co trades at $7.62 (market cap $1.50B). The key difference: Wendys Co pays a 7.13% 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, Wendys Co nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VWO | WEN | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $61.24 | $11.33 |
52-Week Low | $49.54 | $6.17 |
Market Cap | — | $1.50B |
Sector | — | Consumer Cyclical |
Enterprise Value | — | $5.31B |
Dividend Yield | — | 7.13% |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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.
Read more on VWO →The Wendy's Company is the second-largest burger quick-service restaurant, or QSR, chain in the United States by systemwide sales, with $11.1 billion in 2021, narrowly edging Burger King ($10.3 billion) and clocking in well behind wide-moat McDonald's ($45.7 billion). After divestitures of Tim Hortons (2006) and Arby's (2011), the firm manages just the burger banner, generating sales across a footprint that spans almost 7,000 total units in 30 countries. Wendy's generates revenue from the sale of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, and fries throughout its company-owned footprint, through franchise royalty and marketing fund payments remitted by its franchisees, which account for 94% of stores, and through franchise flipping and advisory fees.
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