STARS (STock Appreciation Ranking System) is Standard & Poor’s renowned, independent equity research and proprietary stock recommendation system. Available since 1987 for U.S. equities, STARS is an analyst-derived, subjective evaluation of future appreciation potential of a specific common stock relative to the S&P 500 over a 12-month time horizon.
The S&P U.S. STARS Index is designed to provide exposure to a basket of the highest ranked stocks in the S&P 500 index according to STARS, offering a passive means of tracking active security selection value generated by S&P’s analysts. The index is equal-weighted, with constituents being reviewed and re-weighted every month.
Index Governance and Policy
This index is maintained by the S&P Index Committee, whose members include Standard & Poor's economists and index analysts. It follows a set of published guidelines and policies that provide the transparent methodologies used to maintain the index.
Based on our world renowned, independent equity research and proprietary stock ranking system, STARS (STock Appreciation Ranking System), Standard & Poor's offers three sets of rules-based S&P All STARS baskets, focusing on high growth potential stocks in the US, Europe and Asia.
