Originally spun out of Hewlett-Packard in 1999, Agilent has evolved into a leading healthcare firm. Today, Agilent's measurement technologies serve a broad base of customers within three operating segments: life science and applied equipment (49% of sales), cross lab (which includes consumables and services at 34%), and diagnostics and genomics (17%). The United States and Europe account for 34% and 27% of revenue, respectively, with China and Japan accounting for the majority of remaining sales. Agilent is headquartered in California. http://www.agilent.com
Advance Auto Parts is one of the industry's largest retailers of aftermarket automotive parts, tools, and accessories to do-it-yourself (DIY) customers in North America. Advance operated 5,109 stores as of the end of 2018, in addition to servicing 1,231 independently owned Carquest stores. The company's Worldpac unit is a premier distributor of imported original-equipment parts. Advance derived 58% of its 2018 sales from commercial clients, up from 30%-40% before the General Parts deal. https://shop.advanceautoparts.com
Apple designs a wide variety of consumer electronic devices, including smartphones (iPhone), tablets (iPad), PCs (Mac), smartwatches (Watch), and TV boxes (Apple TV), among others. The iPhone makes up the majority of Apple's total revenue. In addition, Apple offers its customers a variety of services such as Apple Music, iCloud, AppleCare and Apple Pay, among others. Apple's products run internally developed software and semiconductors, and the firm is well known for its integration of hardware, software and services. Apple's products are distributed online as well as through company-owned stores and third-party retailers. The company generates about 40% of its revenue from the Americas, with the remainder earned internationally. http://www.apple.com
AbbVie is a drug company with a strong exposure to immunology and oncology. The company's top drug, Humira, represents over half of the company's current profits. The company was spun off from Abbott in early 2013. http://www.abbvieinvestor.com
AmerisourceBergen is a leading global third-party logistics provider engaged in wholesale pharmaceutical sourcing and distribution of specialty, brand-name, and generic pharmaceuticals and related services to acute-care hospitals and health systems, independent and chain retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, medical clinics, long-term care and alternate site pharmacies, physician practices, dialysis clinics, and other healthcare customers. By acquiring smaller companies, management has attained the ability to compound sterile preparations, distribute veterinary pharmaceuticals and vaccines, transport biopharmaceuticals, and provide inventory and reimbursement consulting services to providers. http://www.amerisourcebergen.com
Abbott manufactures and markets medical devices, blood glucose monitoring kits, nutritional healthcare products, diagnostic products and equipment, and branded generic drugs. Products include pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, neuromodulation devices, coronary stents, catheters, infant formula, nutritional liquids for adults, and molecular and point-of-care diagnostic equipment. Abbott derives approximately 60% of sales outside the United States. http://www.abbottinvestor.com
Accenture is a leading provider of management consulting, technology services, and outsourcing. The firm is truly global, with operations in over 120 countries and roughly 450,000 employees. The company has extensive industry experience and relationships with many market leading firms, and 94 of the Fortune Global 100 companies and more than 80% of the Fortune Global 500 companies work with Accenture. While the firm is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the majority of operations are conducted via New York and Chicago. http://www.accenture.com
Adobe provides content creation, document management, and digital marketing and advertising software and services to creative professionals and marketers for creating, managing, delivering, measuring, optimizing and engaging with compelling content multiple operating systems, devices and media. The company operates with three segments: digital media content creation, digital experience for marketing solutions, and publishing for legacy products (less than 5% of revenue). http://www.adobe.com
Analog Devices is a leading analog, mixed signal, and digital signal processing chipmaker. The firm has a significant market share lead in converter chips, which are used to translate analog signals to digital and vice versa. The company serves tens of thousands of customers, and more than half of its chip sales are made to industrial and automotive end markets. Analog Devices' chips are also incorporated into wireless infrastructure equipment. http://www.analog.com
ADP competes in the human resources administration services industry. It provides services that satisfy companies' human resources needs, such as payroll processing and benefits administration. ADP was founded in 1949 and has its headquarters in Roseland, New Jersey. It serves more than 650,000 clients and has 57,000 employees worldwide. http://www.adp.com
Alliance Data Systems was born of the 1996 combination of a J.C. Penney transaction-processing operation and The Limited's credit card bank business. With headquarters in Plano, Texas, Alliance provides marketing, loyalty program, and private-label credit card services. The company is known for its large Air Miles loyalty program in Canada. In 2014, the company acquired Conversant to bolster its digital marketing efforts. The private-label services and credit group is financially the company's most important operating segment. http://www.alliancedata.com
Autodesk Inc is a leading provider of computer-aided design software. The company was founded on its flagship product, AutoCAD, in 1982. Since then, Autodesk has built a broad product portfolio catering to multiple industries such as architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and media. The company serves more than 200 million customers globally, spanning designers, engineers, architects, and students, among others. http://www.autodesk.com
Ameren owns rate-regulated generation, transmission, and distribution networks that deliver electricity and natural gas in Missouri and Illinois. It serves nearly 2.5 million electricity customers and roughly 1.0 million natural gas customers. http://www.ameren.com
American Electric Power is one of the largest regulated utilities in the United States, providing electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 5 million retail customers in 11 states. About 47% of AEP's of capacity is coal, with the remainder from a mix of natural gas (27%), renewables (14%), nuclear (7%), and demand response (5%). Earnings are supported by vertically integrated utilities, transmission and distribution utilities, competitive transmission, and unregulated generation and marketing. http://www.aep.com
AES is a global power company with businesses in 15 countries on four continents. It has a portfolio of 100 power plants and its current construction program will increase its net generating capacity to over 35 GW. AES also has majority ownership and operates six electric utilities distributing power to 2.4 million customers in the U.S. and El Salvador. AES is one of the world leaders in utility-scale energy storage in its Fluence joint venture with Siemens. http://www.aes.com
Aflac Inc offers supplemental health insurance and life insurance in the two largest insurance markets in the world, the U.S. and Japan. In addition to its cancer policies, the company has broadened its product offerings to include accident, disability, and long-term-care insurance. It markets its products through independent distributors, selling most of its policies directly to consumers at their places of work. http://www.aflac.com
Allergan is one of the largest specialty pharmaceutical manufacturers. It specializes in aesthetics, ophthalmology, women's health, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system products. In 2016, Allergan sold its generics and distribution segments to Teva. http://www.allergan.com
American International Group is one of the largest insurance and financial services firms in the world and has a global footprint. It operates through a wide range of subsidiaries that provide property, casualty, and life insurance. Its revenue is split roughly evenly between commercial and consumer lines. http://www.aig.com
Apartment Investment and Management Co. owns a portfolio of 134 apartment communities with over 36,500 units and is currently developing four additional properties with 1,477 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties in the urban and suburban submarkets of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C.. http://www.aimco.com
Assurant Inc offers a range of property-casualty, health, employee benefit, and warranty insurance to a client base made up of individuals and institutions. The company has four reportable segments namely Global Housing, Global Lifestyle, Global Preneed and Total Corporate and Other. Global Housing segment provides lender-placed homeowners, manufactured housing, flood insurance, and other related products, Global Lifestyle provides mobile device protection and related services, Global Preneed is engaged in providing pre-funded funeral insurance and annuity products whereas Total Corporate and others includes activities related to holding company primarily related to the company's frozen benefit plans. It generates a majority of its revenue from Global Lifestyle Segment. http://www.assurant.com
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co provides insurance brokerage and consulting services to middle-market entities around the world. The majority of the company's revenue comes from its brokerage segment, where it negotiates and places its customers with insurance companies that provide, among other types, property/casualty and health insurance. The company's primary source of revenue in the brokerage segment is commissions from the insurance companies. The company also generates significant revenue in its corporate segment, which includes clean energy investment and other investment income. The company generates most of its revenue in the United States, with the remaining revenue coming primarily from Australia, Bermuda, Canada, the Caribbean, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. http://www.ajg.com
Akamai operates a content delivery network, or CDN, which entails locating servers at the edges of networks so its customers, which store content on Akamai servers, can reach their own customers faster, more securely, and with better quality. Akamai has over 200,000 servers distributed over thousands of points of presence within over 1,700 networks across 130 countries. Its customers generally include media companies, which stream video content or make video games available for download, and other enterprises that run interactive or high-traffic websites, such as e-commerce firms and financial institutions. Akamai also has a significant security business, which is integrated with its core web and media businesses to protect its customers from cyber threats. https://www.akamai.com
Albemarle is one of the world's largest lithium producers. Our outlook for robust lithium demand is predicated upon increased demand for electric vehicle batteries. Albemarle produces lithium from its salt brine deposits in Chile and the U.S. and its hard rock joint-venture mines in Australia. Albemarle is also a global leader in the production of bromine, used in flame retardants, and oil refining catalysts. https://www.albemarle.com
Alaska Air Group Inc operates an airline network in the United States (extensively in Alaska), Canada, Mexico, and other regions. With two subsidiaries, Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, it has established an expansive network, with the majority of revenue generated by transporting passengers. The company has multiple agreements with other airlines to address specific needs, such as frequent-flier programs and joint itineraries. It reports in three operating segments: Alaska mainline (approximately three fourths of revenue), Alaska regional, and Horizon. Majority of its business is conducted in the northwestern part of the United States. Its Seattle hub accounts for approximately half of total passengers. http://www.alaskaair.com
On the basis of premium sales, Allstate is one of the largest U.S. property-casualty insurers. Personal auto represents the largest percentage of revenue, but the company offers homeowners insurance and other insurance products. Life insurance contributes about 10% of revenue. Allstate products are sold in North America primarily by about 10,000 company agencies. http://www.allstate.com
Allegion is a global security products company with a portfolio of leading brands, such as Schlage, Von Duprin, and LCN. The Ireland-domiciled company was created via a spin-off transaction from Ingersoll-Rand in December 2013. In fiscal 2018, Allegion generated 73% of sales in the Americas, 22% of sales in Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa, and 5% of sales in Asia-Pacific. The company mainly competes with Swedish-based Assa Abloy AB, Switzerland-based Dormakaba, and U.S.-based Spectrum Brands. http://www.allegion.com
Alexion Pharmaceuticals specializes in developing and marketing drugs for rare, life-threatening medical conditions. Its blockbuster product, Soliris, is approved for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome, and generalized myasthenia gravis. Next-generation Ultomiris was recently approved in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. Strensiq and Kanuma target other ultrarare metabolic diseases. Alexion's pipeline targets rare diseases with high unmet need and complement-mediated disorders. http://www.alexion.com
Applied Materials is one of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, providing materials engineering solutions to help make nearly every chip in the world. The firm's systems are used in every process step with the exception of lithography. Key tools include those for chemical and physical vapor deposition, etching, chemical mechanical polishing, wafer- and reticle-inspection, critical dimension measurement, and defect-inspection scanning electron microscopes. http://www.appliedmaterials.com
Ametek operates in two distinct business segments: the electronic instruments group and the electromechanical group. The firm builds monitoring, testing, calibration, and display devices as a part of EIG and air-moving electric motors as a part of EMG. http://www.ametek.com
Affiliated Managers Group offers investment strategies to investors through its network of affiliates. The firm typically buys a majority interest in small to midsize boutique asset managers, receiving a fixed percentage of revenue from these firms in return. Affiliates operate independently, with AMG providing strategic, operational, and technology support, as well as global distribution. At the end of 2018, AMG's affiliate network--which includes firms like AQR Capital Management, Blue Mountain, and Pantheon in alternative assets and other products (which account for around 40% of AUM), Artemis, Genesis, Harding Loevner, and Tweedy Browne in global equities (35%) and Frontier, River Road, and Yacktman in U.S. equities (15%)--had an estimated $735 billion in managed assets. http://www.amg.com
Amgen is a leader in biotechnology-based human therapeutics, with historical expertise in renal disease and cancer supportive care products. Flagship drugs include red blood cell boosters Epogen and Aranesp, immune system boosters Neupogen and Neulasta, and Enbrel for inflammatory diseases. Amgen introduced its first cancer therapeutic, Vectibix, in 2006 and received approval for bone-strengthening drug Prolia/Xgeva in 2010. Amgen's acquisition of Onyx bolstered the firm's therapeutic oncology portfolio with Nexavar and Kyprolis. Recent launches include Repatha (cholesterol-lowering) and Aimovig (migraine). http://www.amgen.com
Spun off from American Express in 2005, Ameriprise Financial has emerged as a major player in the U.S. market for asset and wealth management, with around $900 billion in total assets under management and advisement. While the company maintains a meaningful presence in annuities and life insurance, it has become an increasingly smaller contributor to earnings as the company's asset-management arm has grown. Ameriprise has one of the largest branded advisor networks in the industry. http://www.ameriprise.com
American Tower owns and leases roughly 170,000 cell towers throughout the U.S., Asia, Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, which install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with most revenue in each market being generated by just the top few mobile carriers. The company operates more than 40,000 towers in the U.S., which accounted for more than half of its total revenue in 2018. Outside the U.S., American Tower's greatest presence is in India and Brazil, where it operates roughly 75,000 and 19,000 towers, respectively. American Tower operates as a real estate investment trust. http://www.americantower.com
Amazon is among the world's highest-grossing online retailers, with $233 billion in net sales and $408 billion in estimated global gross merchandise volume in 2018. Online product and digital media content sales accounted for 53% of net revenue in 2018, followed by commissions, related fulfillment and shipping fees, and other third-party seller services (18%), Amazon Web Services' cloud compute, storage, database, and other offerings (11%), Prime membership fees and other subscription-based services (6%), product sales at Whole Foods and other physical store retail formats (7%), and advertising services and cobranded credit cards (4%). International segments constituted 32% of Amazon's non-AWS sales in 2018, led by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan. http://www.amazon.com
Anthem is one of the largest private health insurance organizations nationwide, providing medical benefits to over 40 million members. The company offers employer-sponsored, individual, and government-backed coverage plans. Anthem differs from its peers in its unique position as the largest single provider of Blue Cross Blue Shield branded coverage, operating as the licensee for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in 14 states. http://www.antheminc.com
Aon is a leading global provider of insurance and reinsurance brokerage and human resource solutions. Its operations are tilted toward its brokerage operations. Headquartered in London, Aon has about 50,000 employees and operations in 120 countries around the world. http://www.aon.com
Apache Corp is a US-based independent energy company. It is engaged in the exploration activities for the development and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. The company has exploration and production operations in the geographic areas of Egypt, the US, and offshore the U.K. in the North Sea. In addition, it also has exploration interests in Suriname. The company derives the majority of the revenue from oil and gas production activities in the US and Egypt. http://www.apachecorp.com
Anadarko Petroleum, based in The Woodlands, Texas, is one of the largest independent exploration and production companies in North America. Its asset base includes conventional and unconventional properties in the U.S. and deepwater oil and gas projects in the Gulf of Mexico and Africa. At the end of 2018, proven reserves totaled 1.47 billion boe, with net production of 666 mboe/d. http://www.anadarko.com
Since its founding in 1940, Air Products has become one of the leading industrial gas suppliers globally, with operations in 50 countries and 19,000 employees. The company is the largest supplier of hydrogen and helium in the world. It has a unique portfolio serving customers in a number of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, metals, and electronics. Air Products generated $8.9 billion in revenue in fiscal 2018. http://www.airproducts.com
Amphenol is one of the world's largest designers and manufacturers of connectors, cables, and sensor-based products. Its products are used primarily to transmit electrical and optical signals for a wide range of electronic applications. Primary end markets include voice, video, and data communication systems, commercial and military aerospace electronics, industrial factory automation equipment, mobile devices, and transportation applications. http://www.amphenol.com
Activision Blizzard was formed in 2008 by the merger of Activision, one of the largest console video game publishers, and Blizzard, one of largest PC video game publishers. The combined firm remains one of the world's largest video game publishers. Activision's impressive franchise portfolio includes World of Warcraft, which boasts more than $8 billion of lifetime sales, and Call of Duty, which has sold over 175 million copies across 14 titles over 12 years. http://www.activisionblizzard.com
AvalonBay Communities owns a portfolio of 270 apartment communities with over 72,000 units and is developing 21 additional properties with over 9,200 units. The company focuses on owning large, high-quality properties in major metropolitan areas of New England, New York/New Jersey, Washington D.C., California, and the Pacific Northwest. http://www.avalonbay.com
Broadcom--the combined entity of Broadcom and Avago--boasts a highly diverse product portfolio across an array of end markets. Avago focused primarily on radio frequency filters and amplifiers used in high-end smartphones, such as the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy devices, in addition to an assortment of solutions for wired infrastructure, enterprise storage, and industrial end markets. Legacy Broadcom targeted networking semiconductors, such as switch and physical layer chips, broadband products (such as television set-top box processors), and connectivity chips that handle standards such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The company recently acquired Brocade and CA Technologies to bolster its offerings in enterprise storage and mainframe software, respectively. https://www.broadcom.com
Avery Dennison manufactures pressure-sensitive materials, merchandise tags, and labels. The company also runs a specialty converting business that produces radio-frequency identification inlays and labels. Avery Dennison draws a significant amount of revenue from outside the United States, with international operations accounting for the majority of total sales. https://www.averydennison.com
Founded in 1886, American Water Works is the largest investor-owned U.S. water and wastewater utility, serving approximately 3.4 million customers in 16 states. It provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and operates predominantly in regulated markets, which account for over 90% of earnings. Its nonregulated market-based businesses provide complementary water and wastewater services for military bases, municipalities, oil and gas exploration and production companies, and other industrial customers. http://www.amwater.com
American Express is a global financial institution, operating in about 130 countries, that provides consumers and businesses charge and credit card payment products. The company operates a highly profitable merchant payment network. Since 2018, the company has operated in three segments: global consumer services, global commercial services, and global merchant and network services. In addition to payment products, the company's commercial business offers expense management tools, consulting services, and business loans. http://www.americanexpress.com
AutoZone is the premier seller of aftermarket automotive parts, tools, and accessories to do-it-yourself customers in the United States. The company derives an increasing proportion of its sales from domestic commercial customers, just over 20% in fiscal 2018, and has a growing presence in Mexico and Brazil. AutoZone had 6,202 stores in the U.S., Mexico, and Brazil as of the end of fiscal 2018. http://www.autozone.com
Boeing manufactures commercial airplanes, provides defense equipment, and maintains a small captive finance division. With headquarters in Chicago, the firm competes with Airbus in commercial aviation and with Lockheed, Northrop, and several other firms in defense. Sales are split about 70% and 30% between the commercial aircraft and defense end markets. In 2018, Boeing generated over $100 billion in sales. http://www.boeing.com
Bank of America is one of the largest financial institutions in the United States, with more than $2.3 trillion in assets. It is organized into four major segments: consumer banking, global wealth and investment management, global banking, and global markets. Bank of America's consumer-facing lines of business include its network of branches and deposit-gathering operations, home mortgage lending, vehicle lending, credit and debit cards, and small-business services. The company's Merrill Lynch operations provide brokerage and wealth management services, as does U.S. Trust private bank. Wholesale lines of business include investment banking, corporate and commercial real estate lending, and capital markets operations. Bank of America has operations in several countries. http://www.bankofamerica.com
Baxter International Inc manufactures medical products across seven major reported business segments. The renal segment (33% of sales) includes hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis products, while acute therapies (5% of sales) also focuses on near-term kidney issues for patients. Medication delivery (25% of sales) includes IV pumps and solutions. Pharmaceuticals (18% of sales) consists primarily of injectable drugs, anesthetic gases, and compounding services. Nutrition (8% of sales) includes parenteral nutrition therapies. Advanced surgery (7% of sales) mostly incorporates hemostasis products and biosurgical sealants. Contract manufacturing services round out the roughly remaining 4% of sales. http://www.baxter.com
Based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, BB&T is a regional banking company with a presence primarily in the Southeastern United States. In addition to commercial and retail banking, the company operates several nonbank segments, the primary one being its insurance brokerage business. http://www.bbt.com
Best Buy Co Inc is one of the largest consumer electronics retailers in the United States, with product sales representing 10% of the $383 billion retail industry in calendar 2018 based on estimates from the Consumer Technology Association. The company is focused on accelerating online sales growth, improving its multichannel customer experience, launching new in-store and in-home service offerings, optimizing its U.S., Canada, and Mexico retail store square footage, reducing cost of goods sold through supply-chain efficiencies, and further reducing SG&A costs. https://www.bestbuy.com
Becton, Dickinson is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of medical surgical products, such as needles, syringes, and sharps-disposal units. The company also manufactures diagnostic instruments and reagents, as well as flow cytometry and cell-imaging systems. International revenue accounts for 45% of the company's business. With CareFusion, BD has entered into medical systems (such as infusion pumps and ventilators) as well as procedural solutions businesses. The Bard deal gives the company a presence in urology, vascular, and oncology. http://www.bd.com
Franklin Resources provides investment services for individual and institutional investors. Its funds are marketed under the Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Bissett, Fiduciary, and Darby brands. At the end of January 2019, Franklin had $678.3 billion in managed assets, composed primarily of equity (41%), fixed-income (38%), and hybrid (19%) funds. Distribution tends to be weighted more toward retail investors (73% of AUM), as opposed to institutional (24%) and high-net-worth (3%) clients. Franklin is, however, one of the more global firms of the U.S.-based asset managers we cover, with half of its AUM invested in global/international strategies and a third of managed assets sourced from clients domiciled outside the United States. http://www.franklinresources.com
Biogen and Idec merged in 2003, combining forces to market Biogen's multiple sclerosis drug Avonex and Idec's cancer drug Rituxan. Today, Rituxan and next-generation antibody Gazyva are marketed via a collaboration with Roche. Biogen also markets novel MS drugs Tysabri and Tecfidera. In Japan, Biogen's MS portfolio is co-promoted by Eisai. Hemophilia therapies Eloctate and Alprolix (partnered with SOBI) were spun off as part of Bioverativ in 2017. Biogen has several drug candidates in phase 3 trials in neurology and neurodegenerative diseases and has launched Spinraza with partner Ionis. http://www.biogen.com
Bank of New York Mellon Corp is a global investment company involved in the management and servicing of financial assets throughout the investment lifecycle. The bank provides financial services for institutions, corporations, and individual investors, and delivers investment management and investment services in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. BNY Mellon is the largest global custody bank in the world, with over $32 trillion in under custody and administration, and can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute, or restructure investment. https://www.bnymellon.com
BlackRock Inc is the largest asset manager in the world, with $5.976 trillion in AUM at the end of 2018. The product mix is fairly diverse, with 51% of the firm's managed assets in equity strategies, 32% in fixed income, 8% in multi-asset class, 7% in money market funds, and 2% in alternatives. Passive strategies account for around two-thirds of long-term AUM, with the company's iShares ETF platform maintaining a leading market share both domestically and on a global basis. Product distribution is weighted more toward institutional clients, which by our calculations account for 82% of total AUM. BlackRock is geographically diverse as well, with clients in more than 100 countries and more than one-third of its AUM coming from investors domiciled outside the United States and Canada. http://www.blackrock.com
Ball is the world's largest metal can manufacturer. The company remains focused on both cost reductions associated with its acquisition of Rexam, and on pivoting toward faster-growing emerging-market economies in beverage cans. Ball maintains a small presence in both the North American food can market and the U.S. defense industry through its aerospace segment. http://www.ball.com
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co discovers, develops, and markets drugs for various indications, such as cardiovascular, oncology, and immune disorders. A key focus for Bristol is immuno-oncology, where the firm is leading in drug development. Unlike some of its more diversified peers, Bristol has exited several nonpharmaceutical businesses to focus on branded specialty drugs. http://www.bms.com
Boston Scientific Corp produces less-invasive medical devices that are inserted into the human body through small openings or cuts. It manufactures products for use in angioplasty, blood clot filtration, cardiac rhythm management, catheter-directed ultrasound imaging, structural heart disease, upper gastrointestinal tract tests, and treatment of incontinence. The firm markets its devices to healthcare professionals and institutions globally. Foreign sales account for nearly half of the firm's total sales. http://www.bostonscientific.com
BorgWarner is a Tier I auto-parts supplier that has two operating segments. The engine group makes turbochargers, emissions system components, timing chains, and other items that enhance fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. Engine group products have averaged about 70% of sales. Drivetrain group produces transmission and four-wheel-drive/all-wheel-drive system components that facilitate the distribution of engine torque to the wheels. Wet dual-clutch products enable more fuel-efficient automotive transmissions. http://www.borgwarner.com
Boston Properties owns over 186 properties consisting of approximately 46 million rentable square feet of space. The portfolio is dominated by office buildings and is spread across major cities such as New York, Boston, San Francisco, and the Washington, D.C., region, along with a newly established presence in Los Angeles. The real estate investment trust also owns one hotel, four residential properties, and five retail properties. http://www.bostonproperties.com
Citigroup is a global financial services company doing business in more than 100 countries and jurisdictions. Citigroup's operations are organized into two primary segments, the global consumer banking segment, which provides basic branch banking around the world, and the institutional clients group, which provides large customers around the globe with investment banking, cash management, and other products and services. http://www.citigroup.com
Conagra Brands manufactures branded consumer foods in the meals, enhancers, and snack categories for retail and food-service customers. Its portfolio includes the Banquet, Marie Callender's, Hunt's, Orville Redenbacher's, Healthy Choice, Slim Jim, and Reddi-wip brands. In 2016, the firm spun off its commercial foods (Lamb Weston) and private brands (Ralcorp) businesses. The firm added Pinnacle Foods (with brands including Birds Eye, Duncan Hines, and Smart Balance) to its mix in October 2018. Following the acquisition, around 44% of the firm's sales will be derived from frozen and refrigerated meals. Around 90% of Conagra's revenue is generated in the United States. http://www.conagrabrands.com
Cardinal Health is the third-largest global logistics provider engaged in wholesale pharmaceutical and medical products. Similar to the other two peers, the company has evolved over time and has become entrenched in the sourcing and distribution of brand-name and generic pharmaceuticals and related services to hospitals, healthcare systems, pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, clinical laboratories, and physician offices. Through acquisitions, Cardinal Health has the ability to manufacture commodity products and certain medical devices. http://www.cardinal.com
Caterpillar is an iconic manufacturer of heavy equipment, power solutions, and locomotives. It is currently the world's largest manufacturer of heavy equipment with approximately 16% of global market share in 2017. The company is divided into four reportable segments: construction industries, resource industries, energy & transportation, and Caterpillar Financial Services. Its products are available through a dealer network that covers the globe with 2,163 branches maintained by 168 dealers. Caterpillar Financial Services provides financing to its customers and dealers. http://www.caterpillar.com
ACE acquired Chubb in the first quarter of 2016 and assumed the Chubb name. The combination makes the new Chubb one of the largest domestic property and casualty insurers, with operations in 54 countries spanning commercial and personal P&C insurance, reinsurance, and life insurance. https://www.chubb.com
CBS is a media conglomerate operating primarily in the U.S. CBS' television assets include the CBS television network, 30 local TV stations, and 50% of CW, a joint venture between CBS and Time Warner. The company also owns Showtime and Simon & Schuster. CBS spun off its cable networks and movie studios to Viacom in 2006 and completed the spin-out of its outdoor advertising business in 2014 and and its radio division in 2017. http://www.cbscorporation.com
Crown Castle owns and leases roughly 40,000 cell towers in the United States. It also owns more than 65,000 route miles of fiber. It leases space on its towers to wireless service providers, who install equipment on the towers to support their wireless networks. The company's fiber is primarily leased by wireless service providers to set up small cell network infrastructure and by enterprises for their internal connection needs. Crown Castle's towers and fiber are predominantly located in the largest U.S. cities. The company has a very concentrated customer base, with more than 70% of its revenue coming from the big four U.S. mobile carriers. Crown Castle operates as a real estate investment trust (REIT). http://www.crowncastle.com
Celgene is a biopharmaceutical firm that discovers, develops, and markets therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and immunological diseases. Celgene markets Thalomid and Pomalyst to treat multiple myeloma and Revlimid, a less toxic thalidomide derivative, to treat myelodysplastic syndromes, multiple myeloma, and mantle cell lymphoma. Acquisitions have brought MDS drug Vidaza, T-cell lymphoma drug Istodax, and cancer drug Abraxane. The firm's first immunology drug, Otezla, was approved in the U.S. in 2014. Recent acquisitions of Juno and Impact bring additional drugs for Celgene's blood cancer pipeline. http://www.celgene.com
Cerner is a top-tier healthcare information technology supplier that helps its provider clients to improve efficiency within their complex healthcare operations. The company provides a wide range of software, hardware, and services to more than 9,000 facilities globally and has a footprint in roughly 30% of all U.S. hospitals. http://www.cerner.com
CF Industries is a leading producer and distributor of nitrogen fertilizers. The company operates seven nitrogen facilities in North America and holds joint-venture interests in further production capacity in the United Kingdom and Trinidad and Tobago. In 2014, CF sold its vertically integrated phosphate assets to Mosaic. http://www.cfindustries.com
Citizens Financial Group is a retail bank holding company operating primarily in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Midwest regions of the United States. The bank operates through two segments: consumer and commercial banking. Citizens' strategy emphasizes differentiation through customer service. Net interest income is the largest source of the bank's net revenue. Most net interest income is derived from commercial loans, securities, home equity lines of credit, automobile loans, and residential mortgages. Some of CFG's higher-yielding products include credit cards, home equity loans, and other retail loans. http://www.citizensbank.com
Church & Dwight is the leading producer of baking soda in the world. Around one dozen of its products are sold under the Arm & Hammer brand umbrella, such as baking soda, toothpaste, cat litter, and carpet cleaner. Its mix also includes Xtra, Trojan, OxiClean, First Response, Nair, L'il Critters/Vitafusion, and Orajel--together constituting more than 80% of its annual sales and profits. Just a year ago, the firm added Water Pik, which manufactures oral water flossers and replacement showerheads, to its mix. Church & Dwight derives about 85% of its sales from its home turf. http://www.churchdwight.com
C.H. Robinson is a top-tier non-asset-based third-party logistics provider with a significant focus on domestic freight brokerage (66% of net revenue), which reflects mostly truck brokerage but also rail intermodal. It also operates a growing air and ocean forwarding unit (20%) and a legacy produce-sourcing operation (9%). The remainder of net revenue reflects transportation management services and the firm's European truck brokerage operations. http://www.chrobinson.com
Charter Communications Inc is a US-based cable service provider. The company offers entertainment, information and communications solutions to residential and commercial customers. The firm provides television, Internet access, and telephone services to over 5 million subscribers across several states in the US. In addition, it also owns and operates regional sports networks and local sports, news and lifestyle channels and sells security and home management services to the residential marketplace. It derives revenues by offering cable services to customers. https://www.spectrum.com
Long a leader in the self-funded employer health insurance market, Cigna has expanded its reach both organically and through the recent merger with Express Scripts. The firm now operates more on par with its peers, having both a medical and pharmaceutical benefits capability that should help level the playing field in the years to come. In addition, the firm is a leader in accident, disability, and life insurance globally, although these businesses have become much less important to the overall enterprise after the Express Scripts merger to bulk up its healthcare offering. https://www.cigna.com
Cincinnati Financial Corp is a property and casualty insurance company that generates income through written premiums. A select group of independent agencies actively markets the company's business, home, and automotive insurance within their communities. These agents offer the company's personal lines as well as its standard market, excess, and surplus commercial line policies in many regions in the United States. Cincinnati Financial also offers leasing and financing services. The vast majority of the company's revenue is generated through commercial lines, followed by personal lines. https://www.cinfin.com
Founded in 1806, Colgate-Palmolive is one of the world's largest consumer product companies. In addition to its namesake oral care line, the firm manufactures shampoos, shower gels, deodorants, and home care products that are sold in over 200 countries around the world (international sales account for about 70% of its consolidated total, including approximately 50% from emerging regions). It also owns specialty pet food maker Hill's, which sells its products through veterinarians and specialty pet retailers. https://www.colgatepalmolive.com
With a history dating back more than 100 years, Clorox now sells a variety of consumer staples products, including cleaning supplies, laundry detergents, trash bags, cat litter, charcoal, food dressings, water-filtration products, and natural personal-care products. Beyond its namesake brand, the firm's portfolio includes Liquid-Plumr, Pine-Sol, SOS, Tilex, Green Works, Kingsford, Fresh Step, Glad, Hidden Valley, KC Masterpiece, Brita, and Burt's Bees. Nearly 85% of Clorox's sales stem from its home turf. http://www.thecloroxcompany.com
Comerica is a financial services company headquartered in Dallas. It has three major business segments: the business bank, the retail bank, and wealth management. Comerica is primarily focused on relationship-based commercial banking. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in Arizona, California, Florida, and Michigan, with select businesses operating in several other states as well as in Canada and Mexico. https://www.comerica.com
Comcast Corp is made up of three parts. The core cable business owns networks capable of providing television, Internet access, and phone services to roughly 58 million U.S. homes and businesses, or nearly half of the country. About half the homes in this territory subscribe to at least one Comcast service. It acquired NBC Universal from GE in 2011. NBCU owns several cable networks, including CNBC, MSNBC, and USA, the NBC broadcast network, several local NBC affiliates, Universal Studios, and several theme parks. Lastly, Comcast acquired Sky in 2018. Sky is the dominant television provider in the U.K. and has invested heavily in exclusive and proprietary content to build this position. The firm is also the largest pay television provider in Italy and has a presence in Germany and Austria. https://www.comcastcorporation.com
Based in Chicago, CME Group operates exchanges that allow investors, suppliers, and businesses to trade futures and derivatives based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign currencies, energy, metals, and commodities. The CME was founded in 1898 and in 2002 completed its initial public offering. Since then, CME Group has consolidated part of the industry by merging with crosstown rival CBOT Holdings (2007) before acquiring Nymex Holdings in 2008. In addition, CME has a 27% stake in S&P/Dow Jones Indexes LLC along with an exclusive license to trade and clear S&P futures contracts. https://www.cmegroup.com
With $4.9 billion in systemwide sales during 2018, Chipotle Mexican Grill is the largest player in the $14 billion domestic fast-casual Mexican restaurant category. Its menu includes burritos, bowls, tacos, and salads, which are made from higher-quality ingredients than those typically found at quick-service restaurants. As of December, the firm operated almost 2,500 company-owned restaurants in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. http://www.chipotle.com
Founded in 1919, Indiana-based Cummins designs, manufactures, distributes, and services diesel and natural gas engines, electric power generation systems, and engine-related products. It sells components directly to equipment manufacturers, including Paccar and Daimler as well as to a network of roughly 600 distributors and 7,600 dealers. Cummins generates about $23.8 billion in annual sales, of which 45% are earned outside the U.S. The company employs 62,610 people worldwide. http://www.cummins.com
CMS Energy is an energy holding company with two principal segments: Consumers Energy, and Enterprises. Consumers Energy provides regulated natural gas service to 1.8 million customers and electric service to 1.8 million customers in Michigan. Enterprises is engaged in wholesale power generation in various locations in the United States and owns EnerBank, primarily serving industrial customers. http://www.cmsenergy.com
Centene Corp offers healthcare plans to the United States government-sponsored healthcare programs, with a focus on uninsured individuals. It helps members access care, coordinates referrals to health and social services, and provides education and outreach programs to help its members select healthcare services. Centene's managed care segment provides health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. The specialty services segment consists of specialty companies offering healthcare services and products to state programs, correctional facilities, healthcare organizations, and other commercial organizations. The managed care segment contributes to the vast majority of the firm's overall revenue. http://www.centene.com
CenterPoint Energy owns a portfolio of energy-related businesses. Its regulated electric utility provides transmission and distribution services to more than 2.5 million customers in the Houston area, southern Indiana, and west central Ohio. The company has natural gas distribution systems in seven states serving approximately 4.5 million customers. CenterPoint owns approximately 54% of Enable Midstream Partners, a partnership consisting of natural gas processing and storage facilities and more than 21,000 miles of interstate, intrastate, and gathering pipelines in the midcontinent region. http://www.centerpointenergy.com
Capital One is a diversified financial services holding company offering a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses, and commercial customers through a variety of delivery channels. Capital One serves commercial and consumer banking customers through branches in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, and Virginia. http://www.capitalone.com
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp a Houston-based, is an independent exploration and production company with operations in Appalachia. At year-end 2018, Cabot's proved reserves were 11.6 trillion cubic feet of equivalent, with net production of approximately 2,000 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. All of Cabot's production is Marcellus dry natural gas. http://www.cabotog.com
