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Russell Microcap® Index
Fact sheet
Definition
The Russell Microcap Index measures the performance of the microcap segment of the U.S. equity market. It makes up less than 3% of the U.S. equity market. It includes 1000 of the smallest securities in the small-cap Russell 2000® Index based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership and it includes the next 1,000 securities.
Russell Microcap Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the microcap segment trading on national exchanges, while excluding lesser-regulated OTC bulletin board securities and pink-sheet stocks due to their failure to meet national exchange listing requirements. The Russell Microcap Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort performance and characteristics of the true microcap opportunity set.
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Monthly data
As of September 30, 2008
Statistics
| Capitalization (in billions)* |
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| Average market cap($-WTD) |
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0.320 |
| Median market cap |
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0.135 |
| Largest company by market cap |
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1.506 |
| Smallest company by market cap |
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0.007 |
| Fundamental characteristics |
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| Price/Book |
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1.53 |
| Dividend yield |
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1.32 |
| P/E Ex-Neg earnings |
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16.43 |
| Lt growth forecast-IBES |
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15.62% |
| EPS growth 5 years |
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9.68 |
* View market cap ranges as of latest reconstitution
Total returns in percentages
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September |
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3 month |
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YTD |
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1 yr |
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3 yr |
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5 yr |
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10 yr |
| Russell Microcap |
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-7.78 |
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-0.83 |
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-16.22 |
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-22.51 |
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-3.11 |
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4.09 |
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| Russell 3000 |
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-9.40 |
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-8.73 |
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-18.81 |
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-21.52 |
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0.26 |
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5.70 |
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3.80 |
For daily total return details for all Russell indexes, view this page.
Membership data
| Top 10 holdings |
| Sequenom, Inc. |
| Invacare Corp. |
| EZCORP, Inc. |
| Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. |
| PINNACLE FINANCIAL PARTNERS |
| US Airways Group, Inc. |
| Gentiva Health Services, Inc. |
| Landauer, Inc. |
| Medivation, Inc. |
| TEAM, Inc. |
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| Top 10 performers |
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Ticker |
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Return |
| Gehl Co |
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GEHL |
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95.29 |
| Napster Inc |
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NAPS |
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94.78 |
| Columbia Bancorp |
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CBBO |
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60.26 |
| Stewart Information |
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STC |
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59.01 |
| Banctrust Financial GRP |
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BTFG |
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57.63 |
| Cost Plus Inc |
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CPWM |
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53.54 |
| Standard Pacific Corp |
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SPF |
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53.44 |
| Green Bankshares Inc |
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GRNB |
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53.27 |
| Plato Learning Inc |
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TUTR |
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52.69 |
| Indevus Pharmaceuticals |
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IDEV |
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52.27 |
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Alphabetical membership list
Sectors — Largest five by weight
| Russell method |
Financial Services
Health Care
Consumer Discretionary
Technology
Producer Durables |
| GICS method |
Financials
Health Care
Information Technology
Industrials
Consumer Discretionary |
| ICB method |
| Financials |
| Health Care |
| Industrials |
| Technology |
| Consumer Services |
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time and without notice to change, amend, or cease publication of the information. It has been prepared solely for informative purposes. It is made available on an "as is" basis without warranty. Nothing in this publication is intended to constitute legal, tax, securities or investment advice, not an opinion regarding the appropriateness of any investment, nor a solicitation of any type.
The index is unmanaged and cannot be invested in directly.
Russell Investments is the owner of the trademarks, service marks and copyrights related to its indexes.
Russell Investment Group is a Washington, USA corporation, which operates through subsidiaries worldwide, including Russell Investments, and is a subsidiary of The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Returns represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future performance.
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