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Russell 2000® Growth Index
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Definition
The Russell 2000 Growth Index measures the performance of the small-cap growth segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 2000 companies with higher price-to-value ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

The Russell 2000 Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the small-cap growth segment. The Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set and that the represented companies continue to reflect growth characteristics.

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Intraday values

Open Last Change Year High Year Low %Change As of Date/Time (ET)
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Monthly data
As of June 30, 2008


Statistics

Capitalization (in billions)                    
Average market cap($-WTD)                   1.211
Median market cap                   0.495
Largest company by market cap                   3.881
Smallest company by market cap                   0.091
Fundamental characteristics                    
Price/Book                   3.25
Dividend yield                   0.54
P/E Ex-Neg earnings                   20.60
Lt growth forecast-IBES                   19.41%
EPS growth 5 years                   21.99

Total returns in percentages

     June     3 month     YTD        1 yr       3 yr        5 yr     10 yr
Russell 2000 Growth   -5.96   4.47   -8.93   -10.83   6.08   10.37   2.80
Russell 3000   -8.25   -1.69   -11.05   -12.69   4.73   8.37   3.51

For daily total return details for all Russell indexes, view this page.

Membership data

Top 10 holdings
Comstock Resources, Inc.
Penn Virginia Corp.
Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
W-H Energy Services, Inc.
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
EXCO RESOURCES INC
ITC HOLDINGS CORP
MICROS Systems, Inc.
Nordson Corp.
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

 


Top 10 performers   Ticker   Return
Tercica Inc   TRCA   107.28
Goodrich Petroleum Corp   GDP   94.65
Source Interlink Cos Inc   SORC   84.87
GMX Resources Inc   GMXR   53.51
Acorda Therapeutics Inc   ACOR   52.27
X-Rite Inc   XRIT   47.73
Comstock Resources Inc   CRK   47.22
Petrohawk Energy Corp   HK   46.22
Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co   HRH   41.70
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts   KKD   40.56


Sectors — Largest five by weight

Russell method
Health Care
Technology
Consumer Discretionary
Other Energy
Producer Durables
GICS method
Information Technology
Health Care
Industrials
Energy
Consumer Discretionary
ICB method
Industrials
Health Care
Technology
Oil & Gas
Consumer Services






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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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