By Mark Marex and Ben Jones, Product Growth Specialists, Nasdaq World Info Providers Innovation and
- By Mark Marex and Ben Jones, Product Growth Specialists, Nasdaq World Info Providers
Innovation and development; two phrases which have come to outline the previous, current, and way forward for the Nasdaq-100® (NDX) Index, one of many world’s preeminent large-cap development indexes. Whereas the Nasdaq-100 represents at present’s giant cap, category-defining corporations on the forefront of innovation, what corporations are the subsequent technology of innovators and sport changers? Who will change into the subsequent technology of Nasdaq-100 corporations?
The Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100® (NGX) Index is designed to measure the efficiency of the subsequent technology of Nasdaq-listed non-financial corporations; that’s, the biggest 100 securities exterior of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The index deploys the confirmed methodology behind the time-tested Nasdaq-100 Index, with its emphasis on innovation and development. The index launched on August 24, 2020.
Methodology
To be eligible for inclusion within the index, a safety should meet the present Nasdaq-100 Index eligibility standards. The index begins with the universe of all corporations, each home and international, which can be listed on the Nasdaq Inventory Market (issuer of the safety’s major U.S. itemizing should completely be listed on the Nasdaq World Choose Market or Nasdaq World Market exchanges). The index then removes all corporations categorised as Financials from eligibility in response to the Business Classification Benchmark (ICB). The Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 Index follows the identical annual reconstitution and quarterly rebalancing schedule because the Nasdaq-100 Index.
At every Index Reconstitution, all issuers that meet the relevant safety eligibility standards are ranked by market capitalization, with the issuer having the very best market capitalization getting a rank of 1, the issuer having the second highest market capitalization getting a rank of two, and so forth. The subsequent largest 100 issuers by market capitalization that aren’t within the Nasdaq-100 Index are included within the index.
The index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index. Preliminary weights are decided by dividing every Index Safety’s market capitalization by the mixture market capitalization of all Index Securities. The preliminary index weights are adjusted to satisfy the next constraint: No Index Safety weight could exceed 4%.
Business and Constituent Allocations
Whereas the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 and the Nasdaq-100 share comparable DNA when it comes to how they’re constructed, they’re completely different with respect to their composition – throughout industries and naturally, constituent cap measurement. Most notably, the most important distinction in trade publicity is the allocation to Know-how. Sure, each indexes are chubby Know-how however the Nasdaq-100 tends to common greater than half its weight in Know-how, with roughly 56% as of September 30, 2020. Then again, the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 allotted roughly 36% to Know-how. One other distinction is the publicity to Industrials, with the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 at a 17% allocation in comparison with solely 5% within the Nasdaq-100. Well being Care is one other main differentiator, because the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 just lately had practically triple the publicity to this trade, 20% versus solely 7% for the Nasdaq-100.
The distinction in trade publicity is a primary instance of how the Nasdaq-100 and Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 complement one another. The Nasdaq-100 has a way more significant chubby in direction of Know-how, whereas the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 has a bigger tilt in direction of Well being Care and Industrials. The beneath chart illustrates these variations, with the Nasdaq-100 represented by the interior circle and the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 by the outer circle.
The trade allocations of the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 have remained pretty secure over the course of the simulated index historical past (which dates again to December 18, 2009) largely because of the predominantly progressive and growth-oriented nature of corporations listed on the Nasdaq Inventory Market. The chubby in direction of Know-how persevered all through the backtest and can also be according to what we discover throughout the Nasdaq-100 and the Nasdaq Composite. The allocation to Shopper Providers peaked at practically 27% in 2012, briefly overtaking Know-how as the biggest sector allocation, however has since dropped right down to lower than 16% as of September 30, 2020. In the meantime, the weighting in direction of Industrials has elevated essentially the most, rising from slightly below 12% in 2009 to 17%, whereas Heath Care grew from roughly 16% to simply below 20%, with a peak of 27% in 2014. Not surprisingly, Know-how’s lowest weights had been registered in the course of the years when Shopper Providers and Well being Care peaked.
When in comparison with its midcap benchmarks, we discover that the trade publicity of the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 Index is extra targeted than that of the S&P Midcap 400 however shares some similarities to the Russell Mid Cap Development Index, notably with the emphasis towards Know-how and Healthcare. The Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 Index is heaviest in Know-how, Healthcare, Industrials, and Shopper Providers. The S&P Midcap 400 has its highest weights in Industrials and Financials. It’s necessary to notice that the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 has no allocation towards Financials: this trade accounts for over 20% of the S&P Midcap 400.
The Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 makes use of a modified market capitalization weighting scheme with a constraint that no index safety weight could exceed 4%. It ought to come as no shock that the highest ten constituents solely account for 21.11% of the index (by September 30, 2020). By comparability, the highest 5 holdings within the Nasdaq-100 account for 45.90% of the index whereas the highest ten quantity to 58.18%. As well as, discover how the place sizing is drastically completely different between the 2 indexes with the highest place within the Nasdaq-100 accounting for 13.42% of the index, whereas the biggest place within the Nasdaq Subsequent Era 100 is at 2.57%.
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