MarketGrader US Alpha Core Index


Five Largest Companies
Symbol Name Grade Market Cap Country
NVDA NVIDIA Corporation 79.2 ¤5,305,124 US
AAPL Apple Inc. 62.8 ¤4,538,796 US
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 76.9 ¤4,432,519 US
MSFT Microsoft Corporation 78.7 ¤3,619,658 US
AMZN Amazon.com, Inc. 75.9 ¤2,940,885 US

Five Smallest Companies
Symbol Name Grade Market Cap Country
DLX Deluxe Corporation 52.6 ¤1,219 US
DMLP Dorchester Minerals, L.P. 60.6 ¤1,231 US
NRP Natural Resource Partners L.P. 48.1 ¤1,391 US
PFBC Preferred Bank 63.2 ¤1,423 US
GIC Global Industrial Company 60.7 ¤1,482 US

Companies with Most Selections Among Current Components
Symbol Name Grade Times* Country
ADP Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 58.6 38 US
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. 61.2 38 US
PAYX Paychex, Inc. 65.3 38 US
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporati 56.5 37 US
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 76.9 37 US
TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated 65.5 37 US
UNP Union Pacific Corporation 61.8 37 US
AAPL Apple Inc. 62.8 36 US
AMGN Amgen Inc. 61.8 36 US
APH Amphenol Corporation Class A 75.5 36 US
*Number of times selected at Index semi-annual reconstitutions since inception date.
Index Bio
Average Market Cap ¤188,756
Median Market Cap ¤58,392
Avg. 3 Mo. Dollar Vol. ¤1,442,701,761
Avg. 3 Mo. Trading Vol. 7,196,828
Last Rebalance Date 03/23/2026
Companies Replaced 74
Biggest Sector Increase Industrials
Biggest Sector Decrease Consumer Discretionary

Fundamental Attributes
Trailing P/E Ratio (12 Mo.) 21.0
Forward P/E Ratio (12 Mo.) 17.8
Price/Book Ratio 5.0
Avg. Revenue Chg. - 3 Yr 23.6%
Avg. Op. Income Chg. - 3 Yr. 37.3%
Avg. EPS Growth - 3 Yr. 11.7%
Avg. EPS Growth - 1 Yr. 11.3%
Avg. Operating Margin 24.2%
Avg. LT Debt to Total Capital 42.8%
Avg. Return on Equity 23.2%
Dividend Yield 1.4%
Index Average Grade
US Alpha Core Index 60.23
Country Breakdown
United States Of America 95.44%
Bermuda 1.05%
Greece 0.7%
Ireland 0.35%
Netherlands 0.35%
Sweden 0.35%
Switzerland 0.35%
Cyprus 0.35%
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