S&P 500 1 Year Return is at -11.92%, compared to -1.71% last month and 38.62% last year.
The S&P 500 Price index returned 26.61% in 2021. Using a better calculation which includes dividend reinvestment, the S&P 500 returned 28.41%.
Key Takeaways The S&P 500 index acts as a benchmark of the performance of the U.S. stock market overall, dating back to the 1920s (in its current form, to the 1950s). The index has returned a historic annualized average return of around 10.5% since its 1957 inception through 2021.
The S&P 500 has almost doubled since 2019 Total returns for the S&P 500 have been well above the long-term average the last few years: 2019: 31.5%
Dividend yields from blue-chip U.S. companies have been trending downwards over time, evidenced by the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500) dividend yield of approximately 1.3% through the end of 2021. 1 This is well under the index's long-run average yield of 4.3%.
The order of the 11 sectors based on size is as follows: Information Technology, Health Care, Financials, Consumer Discretionary, Communication Services, Industrials, Consumer Staples, Energy, Utilities, Real Estate, and Materials.
The origin of the S&P 500 goes back to 1923, when Standard & Poor's introduced a series of indices that included 233 companies and covered 26 industries. The S&P 500, as it is now known, was introduced in 1957.
Overview. The P/E ratio is a classic measure of any security's value, indicating how many years of profits (at the current rate) it takes to recoup an investment in the stock. The current S&P500 10-year P/E Ratio is 28.7.
The S&P 500® was down 8.39% in June, bringing its YTD return to -20.58%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average® lost 6.71% for the month and was down 15.31% YTD. The S&P MidCap 400® decreased 9.78% for the month, bringing its YTD return to -20.16%.