S&P
500 Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) Sectors
As of September 30, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
Consumer
Discretionary
81
8.5 %
Consumer Staples
41
12.2 %
Energy
40
13.4 %
Financials
84
15.8 %
Health
Care
53
13.1 %
Industrials*
56
11.1 %
Information Technology
74
16.0 %
Materials
30
3.4 %
Telecommunication
Services
9
3.0 %
Utilities
31
3.6 %
Industrials (Composite)**
374
78.4 %
*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 September 30, 2008
Number of Cos.
% of Market Capitalization
NYSE
420
84.0 %
NASDAQ
79
16.0 %
AMEX
0
0.0 %
S&P 500 Statistics
As of September 30, 2008
Total Market Value ($ Billion)
10,181
Mean Market Value ($ Million)
20,404
Median Market Value ($ Million)
8,672
Weighted Ave. Market Value ($
Million)
83,771
Largest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
403,366
Smallest Cos. Market Value ($
Million)
675
Median Share Price ($)
35
P/E Ratio
22.50
Indicated Dividend Yield (%)
2.45
Market Coverage
At month-end, the S&P 500 Index represented approximately 75% and the S&P MidCap 400 represented 7% and the S&P SmallCap 600 represented 3% of the market value of S&P's internal database of over 6,382 equities. Combined, the S&P Equity Indices represented 85%.
