STARS (STock Appreciation Ranking System) is a propriety Standard & Poor’s stock ranking system that has existed since 1987 for U.S. stocks and since 2002 for European and Asian Stocks. It is an analyst-derived, qualitative evaluation and based on an analyst’s determination of the future appreciation potential of a specific common stock relative to its relevant S&P benchmark index given a 12-month time horizon.
The S&P Europe STARS Index is designed to provide exposure to a basket of the highest ranked stocks in the S&P Europe 350 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.
Measures the performance of stocks within the S&P Composite 1500 Universe that currently rank 4 or 5 STARS by Standard & Poor's global equity research group.
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