S&P
500 Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Sectors
As of December 31, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
Consumer
Discretionary
80
8.4 %
Consumer Staples
41
12.9 %
Energy
39
13.3 %
Financials
84
13.3 %
Health
Care
54
14.8 %
Industrials*
58
11.1 %
Information Technology
74
15.3 %
Materials
28
2.9 %
Telecommunication
Services
9
3.8 %
Utilities
33
4.2 %
Industrials (Composite)**
373
80.3 %
*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 December 31, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
NYSE
412
83.2 %
NASDAQ
88
16.8 %
AMEX
0
0.0 %
S&P 500 Statistics
As of December 31, 2008
Total Market Value ($ Billion)
7,852
Mean Market Value ($ Million)
15,704
Median Market Value ($ Million)
6,167
Weighted Ave. Market Value ($
Million)
75,716
Largest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
406,067
Smallest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
477
Median Share Price ($)
26.18
P/E Ratio
19.66
Indicated Dividend Yield (%)
3.00
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 6,310 equities. Combined, the S&P Equity Indices represented 85%.
