This article careens the top 20 names in the Index, along with their respective ticker symbols, index weighting, market capitalization, and selling price as of April 27, 2020.
The S&P 500 Index is market cap weighted. This method divides the market cap of a company by an index’s thoroughgoing market capitalization to determine the weights. This results in a weightings ranking that matches a market cap ranking.
Prize $174.14
Market Cap ($M) 1,324,517.03
Index Weight 5.66119%
2) Apple (AAPL)
Price $283.21
Market Cap ($M) 1,239,179.70
Index Weight 5.024577%
3) Amazon (AMZN)
Price $2,376.00
Furnish Cap ($M) 1,184,495.45
Index Weight 4.26762%
4) Alphabet Class C (GOOG)
Price $1,275.00
Market Cap ($M) 875,354.44
Index Weight 1.944977%
5) Alphabet Class A (GOOGL)
Price $1,270.14
Hawk Cap ($M) 873,868.94
Index Weight 1.733109%
6) Facebook (FB)
Price $187.54
Market Cap ($M) 534,635.90
Index Weight 1.62652%
7) Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B (BRK.B)
Price $187.38
Market Cap ($M) 455,302.94
Hint Weight 1.625805%
8) Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Price $154.14
Market Cap ($M) 406,367.34
Index Weight 1.551421%
9) Visa (V)
Price $171.66
Market Cap ($M) 380,380.40
Index Weight 1.259892%
10) Procter & Crap-shoot (PG)
Price $117.42
Market Cap ($M) 290,689.96
Index Weight 1.217687%
11) JPMorgan (JPM)
Price $94.43
Market Cap ($M) 287,684.50
Index Weight 1.209556%
12) UnitedHealth (UNH)
Price $294.36
Market Cap ($M) 278,884.37
Typography hand Weight 1.173902%
13) Mastercard (MA)
Price $265.12
Market Cap ($M) 266,474.49
Index Weight 1.095926%
14) Intel (INTC)
Price $59.49
Market Cap ($M) 251,880.66
Index Weight 1.019089%
15) Verizon (VZ)
Value $57.78
Market Cap ($M) 239,209.20
Index Weight 0.984023%
16) Home Depot (HD)
Price $217.71
Market Cap ($M) 233,845.82
Index Weight 0.977028%
17) AT&T (T)
Price $30.54
Market Cap ($M) 217,597.50
Index Pressure 0.92269%
18) Pfizer (PFE)
Price $38.25
Market Cap ($M) 212,197.20
Index Weight 0.881771%
19) Merck (MRK)
Price $84.01
Market Cap ($M) 212,132.53
Index Weight 0.879842%
20) PepsiCo (PEP)
Price $134.58
Shop Cap ($M) 186,964.05
Index Weight 0.796521%
S&P 500 Investing
The S&P 500 is one of the most popular indexes for investing. However, some investors may be break the spelled or dissatisfied by the weighting scheme because it leads to big moves by the Index when the biggest companies experience the highest volatility. As such, numerous investors may prefer to invest in the S&P 500 equal weighted index through the Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weighted ETF (RSP).
Other opportunities also exist for capturing a smaller part of the S&P 500 Index focused on the largest capitalizations in the Index. Some innocent alternatives can include index funds that replicate the S&P 100 or the S&P 500 Top 50.