The NASDAQ-100 is a capitalization-weight index that includes 102 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange..

The NASDAQ-100 Index

The NASDAQ-100 is a capitalization-weighted index that includes 102 of the largest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange. It also features several companies headquartered outside the United States.

Introduced in 1985, the NASDAQ-100 encompasses a wide range of industries, excluding financials. For financial companies, Nasdaq created a separate index known as the NASDAQ Financial-100.

 

Key Facts About the NASDAQ-100

  • The index was launched in 1985 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD).

  • The initial value of the NASDAQ-100 was set at 250 points.

  • On December 31, 1993, the base value of the index was reset from 800 points to 125 points.

  • Historically, the NASDAQ-100 has shown greater volatility compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500.

  • The index is heavily weighted toward innovative and growth-oriented sectors, such as technology, telecommunications, biotechnology, and media.

  • As of the end of 2021, the total dollar value of exchange-traded products tracking the NASDAQ-100 exceeded $300 billion.

  • By mid-2022, the index comprised 102 equity securities, despite the “100” in its name.

 

NASDAQ-100 Historical Performance

Below is the yearly chart of the NASDAQ-100, where each candlestick represents 12 months of market activity.

Chart: NASDAQ-100 yearly chart

NASDAQ-100 yearly chart

 

NASDAQ-100 Compositon

Below is the list of industries included in the NASDAQ-100.

Table: NASDAQ-100 by industry

Industry

Weight

  • Technology

48.39%

  • Consumer Discretionary

20.35%

  • Health Care

10.04%

  • Industrials

6.14%

  • Financials

5.19%

  • Telecommunications

4.18%

  • Consumer Staples

2.59%

  • Real Estate

1.21%

  • Utilities

0.75%

  • Energy

0.73%

  • Basic Materials

0.43%

 

 

This is the list of companies included in the NASDAQ-100.

Table: Companies listed on the NASDAQ-100 and their respective weights

A/A

Listed Company

Symbol

Weight on US100

1

Apple Inc

AAPL

12.39%

2

Microsoft Corp

MSFT

10.82%

3

Amazon.com Inc

AMZN

6.40%

4

Tesla Inc

TSLA

4.13%

5

Alphabet Inc

GOOG

4.01%

6

Alphabet Inc

GOOGL

3.84%

7

NVIDIA Corp

NVDA

3.26%

8

Meta Platforms Inc

META

3.16%

9

PepsiCo Inc

PEP

2.06%

10

Costco Wholesale Corp

COST

1.93%

11

Broadcom Inc

AVGO

1.86%

12

Adobe Inc

ADBE

1.64%

13

Cisco Systems Inc

CSCO

1.64%

14

Comcast Corp

CMCSA

1.59%

15

T-Mobile US Inc

TMUS

1.54%

16

Intel Corp

INTC

1.42%

17

Texas Instruments Inc

TXN

1.29%

18

Advanced Micro Devices Inc

AMD

1.27%

19

QUALCOMM Inc

QCOM

1.26%

20

Amgen Inc

AMGN

1.18%

21

Honeywell International Inc

HON

1.10%

22

Intuit Inc

INTU

1.06%

23

Automatic Data Processing Inc

ADP

0.82%

24

PayPal Holdings Inc

PYPL

0.81%

25

Starbucks Corp

SBUX

0.80%

26

Mondelez International Inc

MDLZ

0.78%

27

Netflix Inc

NFLX

0.76%

28

Applied Materials Inc

AMAT

0.76%

29

Gilead Sciences Inc

GILD

0.71%

30

Booking Holdings Inc

BKNG

0.70%

31

Analog Devices Inc

ADI

0.70%

32

Charter Communications Inc

CHTR

0.70%

33

Intuitive Surgical Inc

ISRG

0.68%

34

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc

VRTX

0.67%

35

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc

REGN

0.59%

36

Micron Technology Inc

MU

0.59%

37

CSX Corp

CSX

0.58%

38

Lam Research Corp

LRCX

0.56%

39

Activision Blizzard Inc

ATVI

0.55%

40

Fiserv Inc

FISV

0.55%

41

Moderna Inc

MRNA

0.51%

42

Palo Alto Networks Inc

PANW

0.46%

43

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc

KDP

0.46%

44

KLA Corp

KLAC

0.45%

45

Monster Beverage Corp

MNST

0.45%

46

Synopsys Inc

SNPS

0.44%

47

American Electric Power Co Inc

AEP

0.43%

48

Fortinet Inc

FTNT

0.43%

49

Kraft Heinz Co/The

KHC

0.42%

50

Marriott International Inc/MD

MAR

0.41%

51

Paychex Inc

PAYX

0.40%

52

ASML Holding NV

ASML

0.40%

53

Cadence Design Systems Inc

CDNS

0.39%

54

Exelon Corp

EXC

0.38%

55

O'Reilly Automotive Inc

ORLY

0.38%

56

Autodesk Inc

ADSK

0.38%

57

NXP Semiconductors NV

NXPI

0.38%

58

Marvell Technology Inc

MRVL

0.37%

59

Airbnb Inc

ABNB

0.36%

60

Crowdstrike Holdings Inc

CRWD

0.35%

61

Cintas Corp

CTAS

0.35%

62

AstraZeneca PLC ADR

AZN

0.35%

63

Xcel Energy Inc

XEL

0.34%

64

MercadoLibre Inc

MELI

0.33%

65

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp

CTSH

0.33%

66

Electronic Arts Inc

EA

0.33%

67

Lululemon Athletica Inc

LULU

0.32%

68

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc

WBA

0.32%

69

Dollar Tree Inc

DLTR

0.32%

70

Microchip Technology Inc

MCHP

0.30%

71

Seagen Inc

SGEN

0.30%

72

Baidu Inc ADR

BIDU

0.29%

73

JD.com Inc ADR

JD

0.29%

74

Lucid Group Inc

LCID

0.29%

75

Biogen Inc

BIIB

0.28%

76

Zoom Video Communications Inc

ZM

0.28%

77

Dexcom Inc

DXCM

0.27%

78

Illumina Inc

ILMN

0.27%

79

Datadog Inc

DDOG

0.27%

80

IDEXX Laboratories Inc

IDXX

0.27%

81

Workday Inc

WDAY

0.27%

82

Fastenal Co

FAST

0.27%

83

Atlassian Corp PLC

TEAM

0.26%

84

PACCAR Inc

PCAR

0.26%

85

Pinduoduo Inc ADR

PDD

0.26%

86

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc

ODFL

0.26%

87

Verisk Analytics Inc

VRSK

0.25%

88

Ross Stores Inc

ROST

0.24%

89

Copart Inc

CPRT

0.24%

90

eBay Inc

EBAY

0.23%

91

Sirius XM Holdings Inc

SIRI

0.22%

92

Zscaler Inc

ZS

0.22%

93

Match Group Inc

MTCH

0.20%

94

ANSYS Inc

ANSS

0.20%

95

Align Technology Inc

ALGN

0.18%

96

Constellation Energy Corp

CEG

0.17%

97

VeriSign Inc

VRSN

0.17%

98

NetEase Inc ADR

NTES

0.15%

99

Skyworks Solutions Inc

SWKS

0.14%

100

Splunk Inc

SPLK

0.14%

101

Okta Inc

OKTA

0.14%

102

DocuSign Inc

DOCU

0.12%

 

 

Total

100.00%

 

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