VTTSX beat Publix in 6 out of the last 8 years. VTTSX returned 21.4% in 2025, 14.6% in 2024, 20.2% in 2023, and 16.4% in 2021 — years where Publix returned 8.6%, 11.7%, 0.7%, and 26.7% respectively. Publix only won in 2021 and 2022. Publix’s annual sales grew to $62.7 billion in 2025, but the rate of sales growth has slowed , and Q1 2026 net earnings fell 21.5% to $794 million, with earnings per share dropping to $0.25 from $0.31 — the board still raised the stock price, but the underlying earnings trajectory is weakening.
u/Deep_Proposal_369 — 7 days ago