S&P 500® Price Index

The first U.S. market-cap-weighted stock market index

Approach
Market cap weighted

Holdings
500 large-cap companies (503 constituents)

Features
S&P DJI estimates that $11.4 trillion was indexed or benchmarked to the S&P 500®, with indexed (or passively managed) assets making up approximately $5.7 trillion of this total

Top five constituents


Historical performance

Source: From 12/31/95 to 12/31/25. Past performance is not an indication or guarantee of future results.


Annual performance

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

Annual Return

9.54%

19.42%

-6.24%

28.88%

16.26%

26.89%

-19.44%

24.23%

23.31%

16.39%


Sector breakdown

1 Based on GICS® sectors. The weightings for each sector of the index are rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent; therefore, the aggregate weights for the index may not equal 100%.

The S&P 500 Price Index is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities.