S&P500 Tracker

Go beyond the traditional price/volume charts. Two essential resources are provided by the S&P500 Tracker to help you view the S&P500 index in ways not available to most observers of the markets. These resources include charts reporting aggregate revenues and earnings per share for each of the eleven industries, including the benchmark index itself.

There is also a free downloadable report with detailed information on each company in the index that has reported.

The chart report is located on my YouTube channel for easy access. No special apps are required.

The downloadable report is a .pdf file which should be accessible to most computers.

This chart report plots revenue vs earnings per share over a four-quarter time frame for each of the eleven categories including the index. Note: all series in the charts are aggregated, unweighted amounts.

A tangible benefit in my opinion is the S&P500 index chart, which could be a proxy for US economy since the aggregate value of its revenue over the preceding year amounts to nearly sixty percent of US GDP and is not skewed by seasonal adjustments and other factors. Just the bottom-line total sales, income, and revenue across a broad spectrum of the economy.

A detailed list of companies, categorized by industries and sub-industries can be downloaded directly from this site. Metrics provided for each company include: revenues (current quarter/last quarter/last year), earning per share (current quarter/last quarter/last year), p/e ratios and dividend yields if available. In addition, the report’s release date to the public is included. Even though a company’s earnings call usually happens before the report is filed with the SEC, it can still be helpful to view a company’s performance compared to its peers over various time periods.

In addition, the report makes a great companion to the chart reports, since it provides the metrics of the companies for each industry in the chart reports.