Equilar Institute

Equilar 500

The Equilar 500 tracks the 500 largest companies trading on one of the major U.S. stock exchanges (NYSE, NYSE American or Nasdaq) by revenue. Limiting the cutoff to any company whose fiscal year end fell between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019 and filed a proxy statement (DEF 14A) or disclosed compensation information in an amended 10-K filing (10-K/A), Equilar then ranked the companies by reported revenue related to the fiscal year of the appropriate proxy filing and filtered by the stock exchange they traded on as of April 30, 2020.

The Equilar 500 comprises companies in the following industries:

Sector	Count	Percentage
Consumer Cyclical	98	19.6%
Industrials	76	15.2%
Financial Services	72	14.4%
Technology	49	9.8%
Healthcare	47	9.4%
Consumer Defensive	45	9.0%
Energy	31	6.2%
Utilities	26	5.2%
Basic Materials	25	5.0%
Communication Services	23	4.6%
Real Estate	8	1.6%

The Equilar 100 is a subset of the Equilar 500, consisting of the top 100 companies, by revenue, within the Equilar 500.

The Equilar 100 comprises companies in the following industries:

Sector	Count
Healthcare	17
Financial Services	16
Industrials	15
Consumer Defensive	12
Technology	11
Energy	10
Consumer Cyclical	8
Communication Services	8
Basic Materials	2
Utilities	1