S&P
500 Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Sectors
As of October 31, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
Consumer
Discretionary
80
8.2 %
Consumer Staples
41
12.9 %
Energy
40
13.1 %
Financials
84
14.9 %
Health
Care
53
13.9 %
Industrials*
57
11.0 %
Information Technology
74
15.7 %
Materials
30
3.1 %
Telecommunication
Services
9
3.3 %
Utilities
32
3.8 %
Industrials (Composite)**
374
78.9 %
*S&P 500 Industrials Sector is part of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS).
**S&P 500 Industrials Composite is a continuation of the Industrials that have been published by
Standard & Poor's for over 40 years, and is provided in recognition of the fact that it is used by analysts
and has a long history. It is not the same as the GICS Industrials Sector.
S&P 500 Exchange Representation
As of October 31, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
NYSE
419
83.8 %
NASDAQ
81
16.2 %
AMEX
0
0.0 %
S&P 500 Statistics
As of October 31, 2008
Total Market Value ($ Billion)
8,486
Mean Market Value ($ Million)
16,971
Median Market Value ($ Million)
6,811
Weighted Ave. Market Value ($
Million)
77,069
Largest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
384,980
Smallest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
547
Median Share Price ($)
26.84
P/E Ratio
18.86
Indicated Dividend Yield (%)
2.83
Market Coverage
At month-end, the S&P 500 Index represented approximately 76% and the S&P MidCap 400 represented 6% and the S&P SmallCap 600 represented 3% of the market value of S&P's internal database of over 6,363 equities. Combined, the S&P Equity Indices represented 85%.
