The Russell 2500 Index measures the performance of the 2,500 smallest companies (19% of total capitalization) in the
Russell 3000 Index
The Russell 3000 Index is a Capitalization-weighted index, capitalization-weighted stock market index that seeks to be a benchmarking, benchmark of the entire Stock markets in the United States, U.S stock market. It measures the performance of the ...
, 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
A ticker symbol or stock symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. In short, ticker symbols are arrangements of symbols or characters (generally Latin letters ...
is ^R25I.
Top 10 holdings
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Huntington Bancshares
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is an American bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. The company is ranked 521st on the Fortune 500, and is 26th on the list of largest banks in the United States.
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Hologic
Hologic, Inc. is a 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 t ...
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Mid-America Apartments
Mid-America Apartment Communities (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 co ...
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Quintiles IMS Holdings ()
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Alaska Air Group
Alaska Air Group is an American airline holding company based in SeaTac, Washington, United States.
The group owns two certificated airlines, Alaska Airlines, a mainline carrier, and Horizon Air, a regional carrier. Alaska Airlines in turn whol ...
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Idexx Laboratories ()
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Snap-on ()
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Arch Capital Group
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Arch Capital Group Ltd. (Arch Capital or ACGL) is an American Bermuda-based public limited liability company which writes insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance on a worldwide basis, with a focus on specialty lines, the segment of the in ...
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Lear Corporation
Lear Corporation is an American company that manufactures automotive seating and automotive 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 ...
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E-Trade Financial ()
(as of December 31, 2016)
Top sectors by weight
*Financial Services
*Producer Durables
*Consumer Discretionary
*Technology
*Health Care
See also
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Russell Investments
Russell Investments is an investment firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Corporate overview
According to ''American Banker'', Russell Investments has approximately $300 billion of assets under management, as of September 2019. The firm r ...
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Russell 2000 Index
The Russell 2000 Index is a small cap company , small-cap stock market index that makes up the smallest 2,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index. It was started by the Frank Russell Company in 1984. The index is maintained by FTSE Russell, a subsi ...
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Russell 1000 Index
The Russell 1000 Index is a stock market index that tracks the highest-ranking 1,000 stocks in the Russell 3000 Index, which represent about 93% of the total market capitalization of that index. , the stocks of the Russell 1000 Index had a weighted ...
References
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External links
Russell page for Russell 2500 indexRussell IndexesRussell Investment GroupIndex Construction and MethodologyYahoo! Finance page for ^R25I
American stock market indices