S&P 500
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The S&P 500 is a list of 500 US corporations, ordered by market capitalization. The list is owned and maintained by Standard & Poor's Corporation.
All of the companies in the list are large publicly-held companies which trade on major US stock exchanges such as the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq. The market-value weighted performance of the stocks of these companies is known as the S&P 500 index. After the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 is the most widely-watched index of large-cap US stocks and is considered to be a bellwether for the US economy.
Many index funds and exchange traded funds track the performance of the S&P 500 by holding the same stocks as the S&P 500 index, attempting to match its performance. Partly because of this, a company which has its stock added to the list may see a boost in its stock price as mutual fund managers are forced to purchase that company's stock in order to match their index funds' composition to that of the S&P 500 index.
In stock and mutual fund performance charts, the S&P 500 index is often used as a baseline for comparison. The chart will show the S&P 500 index, with the performance of the target stock or fund overlaid.
Although the 500 companies in the list are among the largest in the US, it is not simply a list of the 500 biggest companies. The companies are carefully selected to ensure that they are representative of various industries in the US economy. In addition, companies which are privately held and stocks which do not have sufficient liquidity are not in the index. By contrast, the Fortune 500 attempts to list the 500 largest companies in the United States, regardless of whether they are publicly or privately held and without adjustment for industry representation.
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Weighting
The index is market-value weighted.
List as of 2005
(as of February 8, 2005)
- 3M Company
- Abbott Labs
- ACE Limited
- ADC Telecommunications
- Adobe Systems
- Advanced Micro Devices
- AES Corp.
- Aetna Inc.
- Affiliated Computer
- AFLAC Inc.
- Agilent Technologies
- Air Products & Chemicals
- Alberto-Culver
- Albertsons
- Alcoa Inc
- Allegheny Energy
- Allegheny Technologies Inc
- Allergan, Inc.
- Allied Waste Industries
- Allstate Corp.
- ALLTEL Corp.
- Altera Corp.
- Altria Group, Inc.
- Ambac Financial Group
- Amerada Hess
- Ameren Corporation
- American Electric Power
- American Express
- American Int'l. Group
- American Power Conversion
- American Standard
- AmerisourceBergen Corp.
- Amgen
- AmSouth Bancorporation
- Anadarko Petroleum
- Analog Devices
- Andrew Corp.
- Anheuser-Busch
- Aon Corp.
- Apache Corp.
- Apartment Investment & Mgmt'A'
- Apollo Group
- Apple Computer
- Applera Corp-Applied Biosystems Group
- Applied Materials
- Applied Micro Circuits
- Archer-Daniels-Midland
- Archstone-Smith Trust
- Ashland Inc.
- AT&T Corp.
- Autodesk, Inc.
- Automatic Data Processing Inc.
- AutoNation, Inc.
- AutoZone Inc.
- Avaya Inc.
- Avery Dennison Corp.
- Avon Products
- Baker Hughes
- Ball Corp.
- Bank of America Corp.
- Bank of New York
- Bard (C.R.) Inc.
- Bausch & Lomb
- Baxter International Inc.
- BB&T Corporation
- Bear Stearns Cos.
- Becton, Dickinson
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- BellSouth
- Bemis Company
- Best Buy Co., Inc.
- Big Lots, Inc.
- BIOGEN IDEC Inc.
- Biomet, Inc.
- BJ Services
- Black & Decker Corp.
- Block H&R
- BMC Software
- Boeing Company
- Boston Scientific
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Broadcom Corporation
- Brown-Forman Corp.
- Brunswick Corp.
- Burlington Northern Santa Fe C
- Burlington Resources
- Calpine Corp.
- Campbell Soup
- Capital One Financial
- Cardinal Health, Inc.
- Caremark Rx
- Carnival Corp.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Cendant Corporation
- CenterPoint Energy
- Centex Corp.
- Century Telephone
- Charles Schwab
- ChevronTexaco Corp.
- Chiron Corp.
- Chubb Corp.
- Ciena Corp.
- CIGNA Corp.
- Cincinnati Financial
- CINergy Corp.
- Cintas Corporation
- Circuit City Group
- Cisco Systems
- CIT Group
- Citigroup Inc.
- Citizens Communications
- Citrix Systems
- Clear Channel Communications
- Clorox Co.
- CMS Energy
- Coach, Inc.
- Coca Cola Co.
- Coca-Cola Enterprises
- Colgate-Palmolive
- Comcast Corp.
- Comerica Inc.
- Compass Bancshares
- Computer Associates Intl.
- Computer Sciences Corp.
- Compuware Corp.
- Comverse Technology
- ConAgra Foods, Inc.
- ConocoPhillips
- Consolidated Edison
- Constellation Energy Group
- Convergys Corp.
- Cooper Industries, Ltd.
- Cooper Tire & Rubber
- Corning Inc.
- Costco Co.
- Countrywide Financial Corp.
- CSX Corp.
- Cummins Inc.
- CVS Corp.
- Dana Corp.
- Danaher Corp.
- Darden Restaurants
- Deere & Co.
- Dell Inc.
- Delphi Corporation
- Delta Air Lines
- Devon Energy Corp.
- Dillard Inc.
- Dollar General
- Dominion Resources
- Donnelley (R.R.) & Sons
- Dover Corp.
- Dow Chemical
- Dow Jones & Co.
- DTE Energy Co.
- Du Pont (E.I.)
- Duke Energy
- Dynegy Inc.
- E*Trade Financial Corp.
- Eastman Chemical
- Eastman Kodak
- Eaton Corp.
- eBay Inc.
- Ecolab Inc.
- Edison Int'l
- El Paso Corp.
- Electronic Arts
- Electronic Data Systems
- EMC Corp.
- Emerson Electric
- Engelhard Corp.
- Entergy Corp.
- EOG Resources
- Equifax Inc.
- Equity Office Properties
- Equity Residential
- Exelon Corp.
- Express Scripts
- Exxon Mobil Corp.
- Family Dollar Stores
- Fannie Mae
- Federal Home Loan Mtg.
- Federated Dept. Stores
- Federated Investors Inc.
- FedEx Corporation
- Fifth Third Bancorp
- First Data
- First Horizon National
- FirstEnergy Corp.
- FIserv Inc.
- Fisher Scientific
- Fluor Corp.
- Ford Motor
- Forest Laboratories
- Fortune Brands, Inc.
- FPL Group
- Franklin Resources
- Freeport-McMoran Cp & Gld
- Freescale Semiconductor Inc.
- Gannett Co.
- Gap (The)
- Gateway Inc.
- General Dynamics
- General Electric
- General Mills
- General Motors
- Genuine Parts
- Genzyme Corp.
- Georgia-Pacific Group
- Gilead Sciences
- Gillette Co.
- Golden West Financial
- Goldman Sachs Group
- Goodrich Corporation
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber
- Grainger (W.W.) Inc.
- Great Lakes Chemical
- Guidant Corp.
- Halliburton Co.
- Harley-Davidson
- Harrah's Entertainment
- Hartford Financial Svc.Gp.
- Hasbro Inc.
- HCA Inc.
- Health Management Assoc.
- Heinz (H.J.)
- Hercules, Inc.
- Hershey Foods
- Hewlett-Packard
- Hilton Hotels
- Home Depot
- Honeywell Int'l Inc.
- Hospira Inc.
- Humana Inc.
- Huntington Bancshares
- Illinois Tool Works
- IMS Health Inc.
- Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd.
- Intel Corp.
- International Bus. Machines
- International Flav/Frag
- International Game Technology
- International Paper
- Interpublic Group
- Intuit, Inc.
- ITT Industries, Inc.
- Jabil Circuit
- Janus Capital Group
- JDS Uniphase Corp
- Jefferson-Pilot
- Johnson & Johnson
- Johnson Controls
- Jones Apparel Group
- JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- KB Home
- Kellogg Co.
- Kerr-McGee
- KeyCorp
- Keyspan Energy
- Kimberly-Clark
- Kinder Morgan
- King Pharmaceuticals
- KLA-Tencor Corp.
- Knight-Ridder Inc.
- Kohl's Corp.
- Kroger Co.
- L-3 Communications Holdings
- Laboratory Corp. of America Holding
- Leggett & Platt
- Lehman Bros.
- Lexmark Int'l Inc
- Lilly (Eli) & Co.
- Limited Brands, Inc.
- Lincoln National
- Linear Technology Corp.
- Liz Claiborne, Inc.
- Lockheed Martin Corp.
- Loews Corp.
- Louisiana Pacific
- Lowe's Cos.
- LSI Logic
- Lucent Technologies
- M&T Bank Corp.
- Manor Care Inc.
- Marathon Oil Corp.
- Marriott Int'l.
- Marsh & McLennan
- Marshall & Ilsley Corp.
- Masco Corp.
- Mattel, Inc.
- Maxim Integrated Prod
- May Dept. Stores
- Maytag Corp.
- MBIA Inc.
- MBNA Corp.
- McCormick & Co.
- McDonald's Corp.
- McGraw-Hill
- McKesson Corp.
- MeadWestvaco Corporation
- Medco Health Solutions Inc.
- MedImmune Inc.
- Medtronic Inc.
- Mellon Bank Corp.
- Merck & Co.
- Mercury Interactive
- Meredith Corp.
- Merrill Lynch
- MetLife Inc.
- MGIC Investment
- Micron Technology
- Microsoft Corp.
- Millipore Corp.
- Molex Inc.
- Molson Coors Brewing Company
- Monsanto Co.
- Monster Worldwide
- Moody's Corp
- Morgan Stanley
- Motorola Inc.
- Mylan Laboratories
- Nabors Industries Ltd.
- National City Corp.
- National Semiconductor
- Navistar International Corp.
- NCR Corp.
- Network Appliance
- New York Times Cl. A
- Newell Rubbermaid Co.
- Newmont Mining Corp. (Hldg. Co.)
- News Corporation
- Nextel Communications
- NICOR Inc.
- NIKE Inc.
- NiSource Inc.
- Noble Corporation
- Nordstrom
- Norfolk Southern Corp.
- North Fork Bancorporation
- Northern Trust Corp.
- Northrop Grumman Corp.
- Novell Inc.
- Novellus Systems
- Nucor Corp.
- NVIDIA Corp.
- Occidental Petroleum
- Office Depot
- OfficeMax Inc.
- Omnicom Group
- Oracle Corp.
- PACCAR Inc.
- Pactiv Corp.
- Pall Corp.
- Parametric Technology
- Parker-Hannifin
- Paychex Inc.
- Penney (J.C.)
- Peoples Energy
- Pepsi Bottling Group
- PepsiCo Inc.
- PerkinElmer
- Pfizer, Inc.
- PG&E Corp.
- Phelps Dodge
- Pinnacle West Capital
- Pitney-Bowes
- Plum Creek Timber Co.
- PMC-Sierra Inc.
- PNC Bank Corp.
- Power-One Inc.
- PPG Industries
- PPL Corp.
- Praxair, Inc.
- Principal Financial Group
- Procter & Gamble
- Progress Energy, Inc.
- Progressive Corp.
- ProLogis
- Providian Financial Corp.
- Prudential Financial
- Public Serv. Enterprise Inc.
- Pulte Homes, Inc.
- QLogic Corp.
- QUALCOMM Inc.
- Quest Diagnostics
- Qwest Communications Int
- RadioShack Corp
- Raytheon Co.
- Reebok International
- Regions Financial Corp.
- Reynolds American Inc.
- Robert Half International
- Rockwell Automation, Inc.
- Rockwell Collins
- Rohm & Haas
- Rowan Cos.
- Ryder System
- Sabre Holdings
- SAFECO Corp.
- Safeway Inc.
- Sanmina-SCI Corp.
- Sara Lee Corp.
- SBC Communications Inc.
- Schering-Plough
- Schlumberger Ltd.
- Scientific-Atlanta
- Sealed Air Corp.
- Sears, Roebuck & Co.
- Sempra Energy
- Sherwin-Williams
- Siebel Systems Inc
- Sigma-Aldrich
- Simon Property Group, Inc
- SLM Corporation
- Snap-On Inc.
- Solectron
- Southern Co.
- Southwest Airlines
- Sovereign Bancorp
- Sprint Corp. FON
- St Jude Medical
- St. Paul Travelers Cos.
- Stanley Works
- Staples Inc.
- Starbucks Corp.
- Starwood Hotels & Resorts
- State Street Corp.
- Stryker Corp.
- Sun Microsystems
- SunGard Data Systems
- Sunoco, Inc.
- SunTrust Banks
- Supervalu Inc.
- Symantec Corp.
- Symbol Technologies
- Synovus Financial
- Sysco Corp.
- T. Rowe Price Group
- Target Corp.
- TECO Energy
- Tektronix Inc.
- Tellabs, Inc.
- Temple-Inland
- Tenet Healthcare Corp.
- Teradyne Inc.
- Texas Instruments
- Textron Inc.
- Thermo Electron
- Tiffany & Co.
- Time Warner Inc.
- TJX Companies Inc.
- Torchmark Corp.
- Toys R Us, Inc.
- Transocean Inc.
- Tribune Co.
- TXU Corp.
- Tyco International
- U.S. Bancorp
- Union Pacific
- Unisys Corp.
- United Health Group Inc.
- United Parcel Service
- United States Steel Corp.
- United Technologies
- Univision Communications
- Unocal Corp.
- UnumProvident Corp.
- UST Inc.
- V.F. Corp.
- Valero Energy
- Veritas Software
- Verizon Communications
- Viacom Inc.
- Visteon Corp.
- Vulcan Materials
- Wachovia Corp.
- Walgreen Co.
- Wal-Mart Stores
- Walt Disney Co.
- Washington Mutual
- Waste Management Inc.
- Waters Corporation
- Watson Pharmaceuticals
- WellPoint Inc.
- Wells Fargo
- Wendy's International
- Weyerhaeuser Corp.
- Whirlpool Corp.
- Williams Cos.
- Wrigley (Wm) Jr.
- Wyeth
- Xcel Energy Inc
- Xerox Corp.
- Xilinx, Inc
- XL Capital
- XTO Energy Inc.
- Yahoo Inc.
- Yum! Brands, Inc
- Zimmer Holdings
- Zions Bancorp
See also
External links
- Information about the S&P 500 from Standard and Poor's (http://www2.standardandpoors.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=sp/Page/IndicesIndexPg&r=1&b=4&s=6&ig=51&l=EN&i=56&xcd=500)
- S&P 500 Fact Sheet (http://www2.standardandpoors.com/spf/pdf/index/500factsheet.pdf) (PDF Format)
- List of companies in the S&P 500 (http://www2.standardandpoors.com/spf/xls/index/sp500.xls) (Microsoft Excel Format)
- Yahoo: Chart of S&P 500 performance (1983-present) (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EGSPC&d=c&k=c1&a=v&p=s&t=my&l=off&z=l&q=l)