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On Monday, March 4, 1957, the index was expanded to its current extent of 500 companies and was renamed the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index. [1] In 1962, Ultronic Systems became the compiler of the S&P indices including the S&P 500 Stock Composite Index, the 425 Stock Industrial Index, the 50 Stock Utility Index, and the 25 Stock Rail Index. [20]
February 19, 2020: The S&P 500 index reached its highest point in the bull market that started from the low point on March 9, 2009, closing at 3386.15. August 18, 2020: The S&P 500 index closed at a record high of 3389.78 amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
According to economist Robert J. Shiller, real earnings per share grew at a 3.5% annualized rate over 150 years. [2] Since 1980, the most bullish period in U.S. stock market history, real earnings growth according to Shiller, has been 2.6%. The table below gives recent values of earnings growth for S&P 500.
The analysts went on to suggest the S&P 500 index's component companies will generate earnings-per-share growth of 15.2% in 2025, outpacing this year's 10% growth.
Through about two-thirds of the S&P 500's fourth quarter 2023 reports, companies are posting an average 6-percentage-point earnings per share beat this quarter, per Bank of America.
Monday's close marked the S&P 500's 46th record close of the year, as investors continue to power the two-year-old bull market higher. The Dow closed above 43,000 for the first time.
S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities.
The estimated Q3 earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 is 5%, according to LSEG estimates. Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 1.03-to-1 ratio on the NYSE. There were 34 new highs and 12 ...