Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF vs Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF trades at $160.43, while Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $44.97. The key difference: Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VYM | XLU | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $161.17 | $47.73 |
52-Week Low | $132.90 | $41.31 |
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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.
Read more on VYM →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes securities of companies from the following industries: electric utilities; water utilities; multi-utilities; independent power and renewable electricity producers; and gas utilities. The fund is non-diversified.
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