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Russell 2500 Index
The Russell 2500 Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies (19% of total capitalization) in the Russell 3000 Index, with a weighted average market capitalization of approximately $4.3 billion, median capitalization of $1.2 billion and market capitalization of the largest company of $18.7 billion. The index, which was launched on June 1, 1990, is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. Its ticker symbol is ^R25I. Top 10 holdings *Huntington Bancshares () * Hologic () * Mid-America Apartments () * Quintiles IMS Holdings () * Alaska Air Group () *Idexx Laboratories () * Snap-on () * Arch Capital Group () * Lear Corporation () * E-Trade Financial () (as of December 31, 2016) Top sectors by weight *Financial Services *Producer Durables *Consumer Discretionary *Technology *Health Care See also *Russell Investments *Russell 2000 Index *Russell 1000 Index The Russell 1000 Index is a U.S. stock market index that tracks the highes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell 3000 Index
The Russell 3000 Index is a capitalization-weighted stock market index that seeks to be a benchmark of the entire U.S. stock market. It measures the performance of the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in the United States as measured by total market capitalization, and represents approximately 98% of the American public equity market. The index was launched on January 1, 1984, and is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange Group. the weighted average market capitalization of a company in the index is approximately $966 million and the median market capitalization is $2.28 billion. The ticker symbol on most systems is either RUA or ^RUA. Investing The Russell 3000 Index is tracked by several exchange-traded funds, such as the iShares Russell 3000 ETF () and the Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF (). Ten largest constituents *Apple - *Nvidia - *Microsoft - *Amazon - * Meta - * Tesla - *Alphabet (Class A) - *Broadcom - * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ticker Symbol
A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded Share (finance), shares of a particular stock or Security (finance), security on a particular stock exchange. Ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters or digits) which provide a shorthand for investors to refer to, purchase, and research securities. Some exchanges include ticker extensions, which encode additional information such as share class, bankruptcy status, or voting rights into the ticker. The first ticker symbol was used in 1867, following the invention of the ticker tape machine by Edward A. Calahan, Edward Calahan. It was used to identify shares of the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Interpreting the symbol Stock symbols are unique identifiers assigned to each security traded on a particular market. A stock symbol can consist of letters, numbers, or a combination of both, and is a way to uniquely identify that stock. The symbols were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huntington Bancshares
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is an American bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Its banking subsidiary, The Huntington National Bank, operates 1047 banking offices, primarily in the Midwest: 459 in Ohio, 290 in Michigan, 80 in Minnesota, 51 in Pennsylvania, 45 in Indiana, 35 in Illinois, 32 in Colorado, 29 in West Virginia, 16 in Wisconsin, 10 in Kentucky, and one in North Carolina. The company is ranked 466th on the Fortune 500 . It is on the list of largest banks in the United States. It is the largest originator of Small Business Administration, SBA 7(a) loans. History 20th century P. W. Huntington formed P. W. Huntington & Company in 1866, operating on the northwest corner of High Street (Columbus, Ohio), High and Broad Street (Columbus, Ohio), Broad Streets; the site now houses the regional headquarters for rival U.S. Bancorp. Huntington built its first five-story building in 1878, on the intersection's southwest corner. Four of P. W.'s five sons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hologic
Hologic, Inc. is an American medical technology company primarily focused on women's health; it sells medical devices for diagnostics, surgery, and medical imaging. History In late November 2013, activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a 12.5% stake in the company. Subsequently, the company adopted a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover. In negotiations with the company's board of directors, two additional directors backed by Icahn were added to the board, each managing directors of Icahn holding companies. Icahn considered his investment and intervention into Hologic to have been a success, with his nominees to the board of directors resigning on March 3, 2016 and exiting his position by May 16, 2016. In 2017, Hologic acquired Westford, Massachusetts-based aesthetic medicine company Cynosure for $1.65 billion. On November 20, 2019, Hologic announced the divestment of Cynosure to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $205 million; this was completed on December 30, 2019. Cyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid-America Apartments
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (MAA) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust based in Memphis, Tennessee that invests in apartments in the Southeastern United States and the Southwestern United States. As of December 31, 2020, the company owned 300 apartment communities containing 100,490 apartment units. It is the largest owner of apartments in the United States and the 11th largest apartment property manager in the United States. History The company was founded in 1977 by George E. Cates. In 1993, the company was organized as a real estate investment trust. In February 1994, the company acquired The Cates Company from George E. Cates and became a public company via an initial public offering. In March 2009, founder George E. Cates retired. In October 2013, the company acquired Colonial Properties. In December 2016, the company acquired Post Properties and was added to the S&P 500 Index. In 2017, the company was ranked 142nd on the "Growth Champions" li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintiles
IQVIA, formerly Quintiles and IMS Health, Inc., is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 multinational company serving the combined industries of health information technology and clinical research. IQVIA is a provider of biopharmaceutical development, professional consulting and commercial outsourcing services, focused primarily on Phase I-IV clinical trials and associated laboratory and analytical services, including investment strategy and management consulting services. It has a network of more than 88,000 employees in more than 100 countries and a market capitalization of US$49 billion as of August 2021. As of 2023, IQVIA was reported to be one of the world's largest contract research organizations (CRO). History IQVIA is the result of the 2016 merger of Quintiles, a leading global contract research organization, and IMS Health, a leading healthcare data and analytics provider The name of the modern company honors the legacy organizations. IQVIA: I (IMS Health), Q (Quintiles), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska Air Group
Alaska Air Group, Inc. is an American airline holding company based in SeaTac, Washington, United States. The group owns two mainline carriers, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines, along with a regional airline, Horizon Air. Alaska Airlines in turn wholly owns an aircraft ground handling company, McGee Air Services. History Alaska Air Group was formed in 1985 as a holding company for Alaska Airlines, and a year later it acquired Horizon Air and Jet America Airlines. Jet America Airlines was merged into Alaska Airlines in 1987. In 2011, Alaska Air Group replaced the AMR Corporation in the Dow Jones Transportation Average following AMR's filing for bankruptcy. On March 29, 2016, Alaska Airlines announced that it would form a wholly owned subsidiary called McGee Air Services, a dedicated airline services company. McGee competes with other companies to provide ground handling, aircraft cleaning and wheelchair services to Alaska Airlines. On April 4, 2016, Alaska Air Group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idexx Laboratories
IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. is an American multinational corporation engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of products and services for the companion animal veterinary, livestock and poultry, water testing, and dairy markets. Incorporated in 1983 by David Evans Shaw, the company is headquartered in Westbrook, Maine, and in Hoofddorp, Netherlands for its EMEA divisions. IDEXX offers products to customers in over 175 countries around the world and employs approximately 9,200 people in full-and part-time positions (). There are three main segments of the company: Companion Animal Group, Water, and Livestock, Poultry and Dairy (LPD). In addition, the company also manufactures and sells pet-side SNAP tests for a variety of animal health diagnostic uses. In 2002, Jon Ayers succeeded company founder Shaw as chairman and CEO. During Ayers 20-year tenure, the company's annual revenue grew from $380 million to $3 billion, raising share prices by more than 100 times. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arch Capital Group
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (Arch Capital or ACGL) is a Bermuda exempted public company which writes insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance on a worldwide basis, with a focus on specialty lines, the segment of the insurance industry where the more difficult and unusual risks are written. The company is headquartered in Bermuda and operates globally in 60 offices in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia . History The company was founded in May 2000 by Robert Clements and Peter A. Appel, with Appel as president and CEO. The company's predecessor entity, Risk Capital Holdings had previously sold substantially all of the reinsurance operations of Risk Capital Reinsurance Co., its wholly owned subsidiary, to Folksamerica Reinsurance Co., and the surviving vehicle was the entity used to form Arch Capital. Following the event of September 11, 2001, Arch Capital launched an underwriting initiative to address the global demand for insurance and reinsurance capacity. In October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lear Corporation
Lear Corporation is an American company that manufactures automotive seating and electrical systems. In 2019, it ranked #147 and in 2018, it ranked #148 on the Fortune 500 list. Early stages Lear Corporation was launched as American Metal Products in 1917 in Detroit, Michigan. At the time of its founding it was engaged in the manufacture of tubular, welded and stamped assemblies for the aircraft and automobile industries. Lear grew during the 1980s and 1990s through a series of acquisitions. The company sought to become a supplier of complete interior automotive systems, that is, a supplier of seating, electrical, flooring, interior trim, instrument panels, etc., to original equipment manufacturing (OEM) auto companies. Inheritance of United Technologies Automotive On March 16, 1999, Lear announced it would acquire United Technologies Automotive, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation that produced dashboards, electrical distribution systems, motors and air-flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
E-Trade
E*TRADE is an investment brokerage and electronic trading platform that operates as a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. History In 1982, physicist William A. Porter and Bernard A. Newcomb founded TradePlus in Palo Alto, California, with $15,000 in capital. In 1983, it launched its first trade via a Compuserve network. In 1992, Porter and Newcomb founded E-Trade and made electronic trading available to individual investors. On August 16, 1996, the company became a public company via an initial public offering. The company sold 5,665,000 shares of its common stock for $10.50 per share under the stock ticker "ETFC" on the NASDAQ stock exchange. The company figured prominently in the dot-com boom, as both a way to speculate in internet stocks and an internet stock itself. In October 2020, the company was acquired by Morgan Stanley. Management history In November 2007, Mitch Caplan resigned as CEO and Citadel LLC received a seat on the board of directors of the company after C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
