S&P
500 Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Sectors
As of August 29, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
Consumer
Discretionary
82
8.5 %
Consumer Staples
41
11.4 %
Energy
39
13.8 %
Financials
89
15.1 %
Health
Care
53
12.7 %
Industrials*
55
11.5 %
Information Technology
71
16.5 %
Materials
30
3.7 %
Telecommunication
Services
9
3.2 %
Utilities
31
3.7 %
Industrials (Composite)**
370
79.0 %
*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 August 29, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
NYSE
422
83.6 %
NASDAQ
78
16.4 %
AMEX
0
0.0 %
S&P 500 Statistics
As of August 29, 2008
Total Market Value ($ Billion)
11,212
Mean Market Value ($ Million)
22,424
Median Market Value ($ Million)
10,011
Weighted Ave. Market Value ($
Million)
85,882
Largest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
422,748
Smallest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
731
Median Share Price ($)
39
P/E Ratio
24.75
Indicated Dividend Yield (%)
2.25
Market Coverage
At month-end, the S&P 500 Index represented approximately 88% and the S&P MidCap 400 represented 8% and the S&P SmallCap 600 represented 4% of the market value of S&P's internal database of over 6,409 equities. Combined, the S&P Equity Indices represented 84%.
