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SECTORS

This sector analysis includes an overview of public limited companies that belong to The S&P 500 Index. This is the most widely followed index that tracks the performance of large-cap American stocks.

These 500 companies are classified into 11 major sectors, large segments of the economy, which are grouped into three categories:

DEFENSIVE: Consumer Staples/Defensive, Healthcare, Utilities

CYCLICAL: Basic Materials, Consumer Discretionary/Cyclical, Financial Services, Real Estate

SENSITIVE: Communication Services, Energy, Industrials, Technology

There are also many specific industries that belong to one large sector.

🍚🛒🍺 | SECTOR: CONSUMER STAPLES / DEFENSIVE (32 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes necessities such as food and beverages, and personal products. This includes producers of these goods as well as retail companies that sell them such as supermarkets.

INDUSTRIES:

BEVERAGES — ALCOHOLIC: BEVERAGES – BREWERS, BEVERAGES – WINERIES & DISTILLERIES

BEVERAGES — NON-ALCOHOLIC

CONSUMER PACKAGED GOODS: CONFECTIONERS, FARM PRODUCTS, HOUSEHOLD & PERSONAL PRODUCTS, PACKAGED FOODS

EDUCATION

RETAILDEFENSIVE: DISCOUNT STORES, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, GROCERY STORES

TOBACCO PRODUCTS


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF Shares (VDC)

BlackRock: iShares US Consumer Staples ETF (IYK)

State Street: Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Consumer Staples Index ETF (FSTA)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Staples ETF (RHS)

ALL COMPANIES:

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), Brown Forman (BF.B), Conagra (CAG), Church & Dwight (CHD), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), Clorox (CLX), Costco (COST), Campbell Soup (CPB), Estee Lauder (EL), General Mills (GIS), Hormel Foods (HRL), Hershey (HSY), Kellogg (K), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Kimberly-Clark (KMB), Coca-Cola (KO), Kroger (KR), Lamb Weston (LW), Mondelez (MDLZ), Mccormick (MKC), Monster Beverage (MNST), Altria Group (MO), Pepsico (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), Philip Morris (PM), J.M. Smucker (SJM), Constellation Brands (STZ), Sysco (SYY), Molson Coors (TAP), Tyson Foods (TSN), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Walmart (WMT)

Dividend Kings:

Kimberly Clark (KMB), Coca-Cola (KO), Pepsi (PEP), Procter & Gamble (PG), Colgate-Palmolive (CL), SYSCO (SYY), Hormel Foods (HRL), Walmart (WMT)

Dividend Aristocrats:

Church & Dwight (CHD), Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), Clorox (CLX), Archer-Daniels-Midland (AMD), McCormick (MKC), Smucker (SJM), Brown-Forman (BF.B)

🏥👨‍⚕️💊 | SECTOR: HEALTHCARE (63 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes pharmaceuticals manufacturers, hospitals, health care equipment and service providers, and biotechnology and life sciences companies. 

INDUSTRIES:

BIOTECHNOLOGY

DRUG MANUFACTURERS: DRUG MANUFACTURERS – GENERAL, DRUG MANUFACTURERS – SPECIALTY & GENERIC

HEALTHCARE PLANS

HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS & SERVICES: MEDICAL CARE FACILITIES, PHARMACEUTICAL RETAILERS, HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICES

MEDICAL DEVICES & INSTRUMENTS: MEDICAL DEVICES, MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & SUPPLIES

MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS & RESEARCH

MEDICAL DISTRIBUTION


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Health Care Index Fund ETF Shares (VHT)

BlackRock: iShares US Healthcare ETF (IYH)

State Street: Healthcare Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF (FHLC)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH)

ALL COMPANIES:

Agilent Technologies (A), AbbVie (ABBV), AmerisourceBergen (ABC), Abiomed (ABMD), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Align Technology (ALGN), Amgen (AMGN), Anthem (ANTM), Baxter (BAX), Becton Dickinson (BDX), Biogen (BIIB), Bio-Rad Laboratories (BIO), Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY), Boston Scientific (BSX), Cardinal Health (CAH), Cerner (CERN), Cigna (CI), Centene (CNC), CooperCompanies (COO), Charles River Laboratories (CRL), Catalent (CTLT), CVS Health (CVS), Quest Diagnostics (DGX), Danaher (DHR), DaVita (DVA), DexCom (DXCM), Edwards Lifesciences (EW), Gilead Sciences (GILD), HCA Healthcare (HCA), Hologic (HOLX), Henry Schein (HSIC), Humana (HUM), IDEXX (IDXX), Illumina (ILMN), Incyte (INCY), IQVIA Holdings (IQV), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), LabCorp (LH), Eli Lilly (LLY), McKesson (MCK), Medtronic (MDT), Merck (MRK), Moderna (MRNA), Mettler-Toledo (MTD), Organon (OGN), Pfizer (PFE), Perkinelmer (PKI), Regeneron (REGN), ResMed (RMD), Steris (STE), Stryker (SYK), Bio-Techne (TECH), Teleflex (TFX), Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO), Universal Health Services (UHS), UnitedHealthcare (UNH), Vertex (VRTX), Viatris (VTRS), Waters (WAT), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST), DENTSPLY SIRONA (XRAY), Zimmer Biomet (ZBH), oetis (ZTS)

Dividend Kings:

AbbVie (ABBV), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Abbott (ABT), Becton Dickinson (BDX)

Dividend Aristocrats:

Cardinal Health (CAH), Medtronic (MDT), West Pharmaceutical Services (WST)

🚰🔌♻️ | SECTOR: UTILITIES (28 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes electric and gas companies, water companies and renewable electricity producers. 

INDUSTRIES:

UTILITIES — INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS: UTILITIES – INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS, UTILITIES – RENEWABLE

UTILITIES — REGULATED: UTILITIES – REGULATED WATER, UTILITIES – REGULATED ELECTRIC, UTILITIES – REGULATED GAS, UTILITIES – DIVERSIFIED


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF Shares (VPU)

BlackRock: iShares US Utilities ETF (IDU)

State Street: Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Utilities ETF (RYU)

ALL COMPANIES:

Ameren (AEE), American Electric Power (AEP), The AES (AES), Atmos Energy (ATO), American Water Works (AWK), CMS Energy (CMS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Dominion Resources (D), DTE Energy (DTE), Duke Energy (DUK), Consolidated Edison (ED), Edison International (EIX), Eversource Energy (ES), Entergy (ETR), Evergy (EVRG), Exelon (EXC), FirstEnergy (FE), Alliant Energy (LNT), Nextera Energy (NEE), NiSource (NI), NRG Energy (NRG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Pinnacle West (PNW), PPL (PPL), The Southern Company (SO), Sempra (SRE), Wisconsin Energy (WEC), XCEL Energy (XEL)

Dividend Kings:

n/a

Dividend Aristocrats:

Consolidated Edison (ED), Atmos Energy (ATO), NextEra Energy (NEE)

🌲💎🔗| SECTOR: BASIC MATERIALS (28 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes chemicals, construction materials, metals and mining, and paper and forest products. 

INDUSTRIES:

AGRICULTURE

BUILDING MATERIALS

CHEMICALS: CHEMICALS, SPECIALTY CHEMICALS

FOREST PRODUCTS: LUMBER & WOOD PRODUCTION, PAPER & PAPER PRODUCTS

METALS & MINING: ALUMINUM, COPPER, OTHER INDUSTRIAL METALS & MINING, GOLD, SILVER, OTHER PRECIOUS METALS & MINING

STEEL: COKING COAL, STEEL


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Materials Index Fund ETF Shares (VAW)

BlackRock: iShares US Basic Materials ETF (IYM)

State Street: Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLB)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Materials Index ETF (FMAT)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Materials ETF (RTM)

ALL COMPANIES:

Albemarle (ALB), Amcor (AMCR), Air Products and Chemicals (APD), Avery Dennison (AVY), Ball (BLL), Celanese (CE), CF Industries (CF), Corteva (CTVA), Du Pont De.Nemours (DD), Dow (DOW), Ecolab (ECL), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Freeport-Mcmoran (FCX), FMC (FMC), International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), International Paper (IP), Linde (LIN), LyondellBasell (LYB), Martin Marietta (MLM), Mosaic (MOS), Newmont Mining (NEM), Nucor (NUE), Packaging Corporation of America (PKG), PPG Industries (PPG), Sealed Air (SEE), Sherwin-Williams (SHW), Vulcan Materials (VMC), WestRock (WRK)

Dividend Kings:

Nucor (NUE), PPG Industries (PPG)

Dividend Aristocrats:

Air Products & Chemicals (APD), Amcor (AMCR), Linde (LIN), Albemarle (ALB), Ecolab (ECL), Sherwin-Williams (SHW)

🛍🚗🏖 | SECTOR: CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY / CYCLICAL (61 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes businesses whose demand fluctuates based on general economic conditions such as consumer durables, automobiles, hotels and restaurants, retailers and the like.

INDUSTRIES:

VEHICLES & PARTS: AUTO & TRUCK DEALERSHIPS, AUTO MANUFACTURERS, AUTO PARTS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

FURNISHINGS, FIXTURES & APPLIANCES

HOMEBUILDING & CONSTRUCTION

MANUFACTURING — APPAREL & ACCESSORIES: TEXTILE MANUFACTURING, APPAREL MANUFACTURING, FOOTWEAR & ACCESSORIES

PACKAGING & CONTAINERS

PERSONAL SERVICES

RESTAURANTS

RETAIL — CYCLICAL: APPAREL RETAIL, DEPARTMENT STORES, HOME IMPROVEMENT RETAIL, LUXURY GOODS, INTERNET RETAIL, SPECIALTY RETAIL

TRAVEL & LEISURE: GAMBLING, LEISURE, LODGING, RESORTS & CASINOS, TRAVEL SERVICES


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund ETF Shares (VCR)

BlackRock: iShares US Consumer Discretionary ETF (IYC)

State Street: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Consumer Discretionary Index ETF (FDIS)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Consumer Discretionary ETF (RCD)

ALL COMPANIES:

Advance Auto Parts (AAP), Amazon.com (AMZN), Aptiv (APTV), Autozone (AZO), Bath & Body Works (BBWI), Best Buy (BBY), Booking (BKNG), Borgwarner (BWA), Carnival (CCL), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Dollar General (DG), D.R. Horton (DHI), Dollar Tree (DLTR), Domino’s Pizza (DPZ), Darden Restaurants (DRI), Ebay (EBAY), Etsy (ETSY), Expedia (EXPE), Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Genuine Parts Company (GPC), Gap (GPS), Garmin (GRMN), Hasbro (HAS), Home Depot (HD), Hilton (HLT), Carmax (KMX), Lennar (LEN), LKQ (LKQ), Lowe’s (LOW), Las Vegas Sands (LVS), Marriot (MAR), McDonald’s (MCD), MGM Resorts (MGM), Mohawk Industries (MHK), Norwegian Cruise Line (NCLH), Nike (NKE), NVR (NVR), Newell (NWL), O’Reilly Automotive (ORLY), Penn National Gaming (PENN), Pultegroup (PHM), Pool (POOL), Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH), Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL), Ralph Lauren (RL), Ross Stores (ROST), Starbucks (SBUX), Target (TGT), TJX (TJX), Tapestry (TPR), Tractor Supply (TSCO), Tesla (TSLA), Under Armour (UA), Under Armour (UAA), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), V.F. Corporation (VFC), Whirlpool (WHR), Wynn Resorts (WYNN), Yum! Brands (YUM)

Dividend Kings:

Genuine Parts (GPC), VF (VFC), Target (TGT)

Dividend Aristocrats:

McDonald’s (MCD), Lowe’s (LOW)

🏦💰💹 | SECTOR: FINANCIAL SERVICES (60 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes commercial banks, insurance companies, consumer lenders, investment firms and the like.

INDUSTRIES:

ASSET MANAGEMENT

BANKS: BANKS-DIVERSIFIED, BANKS – REGIONAL, MORTGAGE FINANCE

CAPITAL MARKETS: CAPITAL MARKETS, FINANCIAL DATA & STOCK EXCHANGES

INSURANCE: INSURANCE – LIFE, INSURANCE-PROPERTY & CASUALTY, INSURANCE -REINSURANCE, INSURANCE – SPECIALTY, INSURANCE BROKERS, INSURANCE – DIVERSIFIED

DIVERSIFIED FINANCIAL SERVICES: SHELL COMPANIES, FINANCIAL CONGLOMERATES

CREDIT SERVICES


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Financials Index Fund ETF Shares (VFH)

BlackRock: iShares US Financial Services ETF (IYG)

State Street: Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Financials Index ETF (FNCL)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RYF)

ALL COMPANIES:

Aflac (AFL), American International Group (AIG), Assurant (AIZ), Arthur J. Gallagher (AJG), Allstate (ALL), Ameriprise (AMP), AON (AON), American Express (AXP), Bank of America (BAC), Franklin Resources (BEN), Bank of New York Mellon (BK), BlackRock (BLK), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Brown & Brown (BRO), Citigroup (C), Chubb (CB), CBOE Global Markets (CBOE), Citizens Financial Group (CFG), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Comerica (CMA), CME Group (CME), Capital One (COF), Discover Financial (DFS), FactSet (FDS), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), First Republic Bank (FRC), Globe Life (GL), Goldman Sachs (GS), Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), Hartford Financial (HIG), Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Invesco (IVZ), JP Morgan Chase (JPM), Keycorp (KEY), Loews (L), Lincoln National (LNC), Moody’s (MCO), Metlife (MET), MarketAxess (MKTX), Marsh & Mclennan (MMC), Morgan Stanley (MS), MSCI (MSCI), M&T Bank (MTB), Nasdaq (NDAQ), Northern Trust (NTRS), People’s United (PBCT), Principal Financial (PFG), Progressive (PGR), PNC Bank (PNC), Prudential (PRU), Everest Reinsurance (RE), Regions Financial (RF), Raymond James (RJF), Signature Bank (SBNY), Charles Schwab (SCHW), SVB Financial (SIVB), S&P Global (SPGI), State Street (STT), Synchrony (SYF), Truist Financial (TFC), T Rowe Price (TROW), The Travelers Companies (TRV), U.S. Bancorp (USB), Wells Fargo (WFC), W.R. Berkley (WRB), Zions (ZION)

Dividend Kings:

Cincinnati Financial (CINF), S&P Global (SPGI)

Dividend Aristocrats:

Franklin Resources (BEN), Brown & Brown (BRO), AFLAC (AFL), T. Rowe Price (TROW), Chubb (CB), People’s United Financial (MTB)

🏠🏗🏘 | SECTOR: REAL ESTATE (29 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes equity real estate investment trusts, as well as real estate management and development firms. 

INDUSTRIES:

REAL ESTATE: REAL ESTATE – DEVELOPMENT, REAL ESTATE SERVICES, REAL ESTATE – DIVERSIFIED

REITS: REIT – HEALTHCARE FACILITIES, REIT – HOTEL & MOTEL, REIT – INDUSTRIAL, REIT – OFFICE, REIT – RESIDENTIAL, REIT – RETAIL, REIT – MORTGAGE, REIT – SPECIALTY, REIT – DIVERSIFIED


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF Shares (VNQ)

BlackRock: iShares US Real Estate ETF (IYR)

State Street: Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Real Estate Index ETF (FREL)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Real Estate ETF (EWRE)

ALL COMPANIES:

American Tower (AMT), Alexandria Real Estate Equities (ARE), AvalonBay Communities (AVB), Boston Properties (BXP), CBRE Group (CBRE), Crown Castle International (CCI), Digital Realty Trust (DLR), Duke Realty (DRE), Equinix (EQIX), Equity Residential (EQR), Essex Property Trust (ESS), Extra Space Storage (EXR), Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT), Host Marriott Financial Trust (HST), Iron Mountain (IRM), Kimco Realty (KIM), Mid-America Apartment Communities (MMA), Realty Income (O), Healthpeak Properties (PEAK), Prologis (PLD), Public Storage (PSA), Regency Centers (REG), SBA Communications (SBAC), Simon Property Group (SPG), United Dominion Realty Trust (UDR), Vornado Realty Trust (VNO), Ventas (VTR), Welltower (WELL), Weyerhaeuser Company (WY)

Dividend Kings:

Federal Realty (FRT)

Dividend Aristocrats:

Realty Income (O), Essex Property Trust (ESS)

📱🎮📡 | SECTOR: COMMUNICATION SERVICES (27 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes social media and traditional media companies as well as cable, landline and mobile telephone carriers.

INDUSTRIES:

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

MEDIADIVERSIFIED: ADVERTISING AGENCIES, PUBLISHING, BROADCASTING, ENTERTAINMENT

INTERACTIVE MEDIA: INTERNET CONTENT & INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC GAMING & MULTIMEDIA


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Communication Services Index Fund ETF Shares (VOX)

BlackRock: iShares Global Comm Services ETF (IXP)

State Street: Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLC)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Communication Services Index ETF (FCOM)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Communication Services ETF (EWCO)

ALL COMPANIES:

Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Charter Communications (CHTR), Comcast (CMCSA), Walt Disney (DIS), Discovery (DISCA), Discovery (DISCK), Dish Network (DISH), Electronic Arts (EA), Meta Platforms (FB), Fox (FOX), Fox (FOXA), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGLA), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Lumen Technologies (LUMN), Live Nation Entertainment (LYV), Match Group (MTCH), Netflix (NFLX), News Corporation (NWS), News Corporation (NWSA), Omnicom (OMC), AT&T (T), T-Mobile US (TMUS), Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), Twitter (TWTR), Viacom CBS (VIAC), Verizon (VZ)

Dividend Kings:

n/a

Dividend Aristocrats:

n/a

🔥🛢☠️ | SECTOR: ENERGY (21 companies)

DECRIPTION:

This sector includes companies that explore, produce and sell oil and gas products as well as companies that supply equipment and services to them.

INDUSTRIES:

OIL & GAS: OIL & GAS DRILLING, OIL & GAS E&P, OIL & GAS INTEGRATED, OIL & GAS MIDSTREAM, OIL & GAS REFINING & MARKETING, OIL & GAS EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

OTHER ENERGY SOURCES: THERMAL COAL, URANIUM


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Energy Index Fund ETF Shares (VDE)

BlackRock: iShares US Energy ETF (IYE)

State Street: Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF (FENY)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Energy ETF (RYE)


ALL COMPANIES:

APA (APA), Baker Hughes (BKR), Conocophillips (COP), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Chevron (CVX), Devon Energy (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Halliburton (HAL), Hess (HES), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Marathon Oil (MRO), Oneok (OKE), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Phillips 66 (PSX), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Schlumberger (SLB), Valero Energy (VLO), Williams Companies (WMB), ExxonMobil (XOM)

Dividend Kings:

n/a

Dividend Aristocrats:

Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX)

🏭✈️🚜 | SECTOR: INDUSTRIALS (72 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes a wide variety of manufacturers and transportation companies such as defense and aerospace, airlines, railroads, machinery and the like.

INDUSTRIES:

AEROSPACE & DEFENSE

BUSINESS SERVICES: SPECIALTY BUSINESS SERVICES, CONSULTING SERVICES, RENTAL & LEASING SERVICES, SECURITY & PROTECTION SERVICES, STAFFING & EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

CONGLOMERATES

CONSTRUCTION: ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATIONS, BUILDING PRODUCTS & EQUIPMENT

FARM & HEAVY CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY

INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS: BUSINESS EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES, SPECIALTY INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, METAL FABRICATION, POLLUTION & TREATMENT CONTROLS, TOOLS & ACCESSORIES, ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT & PARTS

TRANSPORTATION: AIRPORTS & AIR SERVICES, AIRLINES, RAILROADS, MARINE SHIPPING, TRUCKING, INTEGRATED FREIGHT & LOGISTICS

WASTE MANAGEMENT


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Industrials Index Fund ETF Shares (VIS)

BlackRock: iShares US Industrials ETF (IYJ)

State Street: Industrials Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLI)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Industrials Index ETF (FIDU)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Industrials ETF (RGI)

ALL COMPANIES:

American Airlines (AAL), Alaska Air (ALK), Allegion (ALLE), Ametek (AME), Smith A.O. (AOS), Boeing (BA), Carrier (CARR), Caterpillar (CAT), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Cummins (CMI), Copart (CPRT), CSX (CSX), Cintas (CTAS), Delta Air Lines (DAL), Deere (DE), Dover (DOV), Equifax (EFX), Emerson (EMR), Eaton (ETN), Expeditors (EXPD), Fastenal (FAST), Fortune Brands Home & Security (FBHS), FedEx (FDX), Fortive (FTV), General Dynamics (GD), General Electric (GE), General Holdings (GNRC), W.W. Grainger (GWW), Huntington Ingalls (HII), Honeywell (HON), Howmet (HWM), IDEX (IEX), IHS Markit (INFO), Ingersoll Rand (IR), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Jacobs Engineering (J), J. B. Hunt Transport (JBHT), Johnson Controls (JCI), Leidos (LDOS), L3Harris Technologies (LHX), Lockheed Martin (LMT), Southwest Airlines (LUV), Masco (MAS), 3M (MMM), Nielsen (NLSN), Northrop Grumman (NOC), Norfolk Southern (NSC), Old Dominion Freight Line (ODFL), Otis Worldwide (OTIS), PACCAR (PCAR), Parker-Hannifin (PH), Pentair (PNR), Quanta Services (PWR), Robert Half (RHI), Rockwell Automation (ROK), Rollins (ROL), Roper Technologies (ROP), Republic Services (RSG), Raytheon Technologies (RTX), Snap-On (SNA), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), TransDigm (TDG), Trane Technologies (TT), Textron (TXT), United Airlines (UAL), Union Pacific (UNP), United Parcel Service (UPS), United Rentals (URI), Verisk Analytics (VRSK), Wabtec (WAB), Waste Management (WM), Xylem (XYL)

Dividend Kings:

3M (MMM), Emerson (EMR), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Grainger (GWW), Dover (DOV), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK)

Dividend Aristocrats:

General Dynamics (GD), Caterpillar (CAT), A. O. Smith (AOS), Pentair (PNR), Expeditors (EXPD), Nordson (NDSN), C.H. Robinson Worldwide (CHRW), Cintas (CTAS), Roper (ROP)

💻📺🖥  | SECTOR: TECHNOLOGY (76 companies)

DESCRIPTION:

This sector includes manufacturers and sellers of computer hardware, software, semiconductors and computer equipment in addition to providers of IT services. 

INDUSTRIES:

SOFTWARE: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, SOFTWARE – APPLICATION, SOFTWARE – INFRASTRUCTURE

HARDWARE: COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, COMPUTER HARDWARE, CONSUMER ELECTRONICS, ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, ELECTRONICS & COMPUTER DISTRIBUTION, SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS

SEMICONDUCTORS: SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT & MATERIALS, SEMICONDUCTORS, SOLAR


EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS (ETFs):

Vanguard: Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares (VGT)

BlackRock: iShares US Technology ETF (IYW)

State Street: Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK)

Fidelity Investments: Fidelity MSCI Technology Index ETF (FTEC)

Invesco: Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF (RYT)

ALL COMPANIES:

Apple (AAPL), Accenture (ACN), Adobe (ADBE), Analog Devices (ADI), Automatic Data Processing (ADP), Autodesk (ADSK), Akamai Technologies (AKAM), Applied Materials (AMAT), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Arista Networks (ANET), Ansys (ANSS), Amphenol (APH), Broadcom (AVGO), Broadridge Financial Solutions (BR), Ceridian HCM Holding (CDAY), Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), CDW (CDW), Salesforce.com (CRM), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH), Citrix Systems (CTXS), DXC Technology (DXC), Enphase Energy (ENPH), EPAM (EPAM), F5 (FFIV), Fidelity (FIS), Fiserv (FISV), FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT), Fortinet (FTNT), Corning (GLW), Global Payments (GPN), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), HP (HPQ), International Business Machines (IBM), Intel (INTC), Intuit (INTU), IPG Photonics (IPGP), Gartner (IT), Jack Henry (JKHY), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Keysight (KEYS), KLA (KLAC), Lam Research (LRCX), Mastercard (MA), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR), Microsoft (MSFT), Motorola Solutions (MSI), Micron Technology (MU), NortonLifeLock (NLOK), ServiceNow (NOW), NetApp (NTAP), NVIDIA (NVDA), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), Oracle (ORCL), Paycom Software (PAYC), Paychex (PAYX), PTC (PTC), Paypal (PYPL), Qualcomm (QCOM), Qorvo (QRVO), Solaredge (SEDG), Synopsys (SNPS), Seagate Technology (STX), Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), Teledyne Technologies (TDY), Te Connectivity (TEL), Teradyne (TER), Trimble Navigation (TRMB), Texas Instruments (TXN), Tyler Technologies (TYL), Visa (V), VeriSign (VRSN), Western Digital (WDC), Xilinx (XLNX), Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)

Dividend Kings:

n/a

Dividend Aristocrats:

International Business Machines (IBM), Automatic Data Processing (ADP)

NOTE: The companies are ranked alphabetically within each sector. The above list of companies is highly subjective, therefore cannot be treated in any way as an investment advice. More in DISCLAIMER. GuruFocus provides fantastic overview of industries in terms of market share.