Bloomberg Indices announced the following changes to the Bloomberg 500 (B500) Index effective prior to the open of trading on Thursday, March 12, 2026, to coincide with the March reconstitution of the index. The B500 contains the 500 most highly capitalized US companies weighted by float market cap, reflecting a market capitalization of $58.19 trillion.
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (ASTS UW), Bloom Energy Corporation (BE UN), Ciena Corporation (CIEN UN), Coherent Corp.S (COHR UN), EchoStar Corporation (SATS UW), Flutter Entertainment PLC (FLUT UN), FTAI Aviation Ltd. (FTAI UW), Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE UW), Nebius Group N.V. (NBIS UW), Royal Gold, Inc. (RGLD UW), and Sandisk Corporation of Delaware (SNDK UW) will enter the index. These equities span a variety of sectors, but Technology is most represented amongst this set.
Changes to the B500 Index reflect the results of a purely rules-based index design focused on measuring markets with transparency and representativeness beyond market capitalization alone. As a result, the B500 mitigates potential biases and systematically evaluates potential members, which may lead to earlier additions of qualified companies when compared to indices using a committee-based approach.
Following is the list of membership changes:
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Index Event Security
Ticker Company Name BICS Sector
Addition ASTS UW
AST SpaceMobile Inc Communications
Addition
BE UN
Bloom Energy Corp
Industrials
Addition CIEN UN
Ciena Corp
Technology
Addition COHR UN
Coherent Corp
Technology
Addition SATS UW
EchoStar Corp Communications
Addition FLUT UN Flutter Entertainment PLC Consumer
Discretionary
Addition FTAI UW
FTAI Aviation Ltd
Industrials
Addition LITE UW Lumentum Holdings Inc
Technology
Addition NBIS UW
Nebius Group NV
Technology
Addition RGLD UW
Royal Gold Inc
Materials
Addition SNDK UW
Sandisk Corp/DE
Technology
Deletion ALGN UW
Align Technology Inc
Health Care
Deletion ARE UN Alexandria Real Estate
Equities Inc
Real Estate
Deletion BAH UN Booz Allen Hamilton Holding
Corp
Technology
Deletion BAX UN Baxter International Inc
Health Care
Deletion BF/A UN
Brown-Forman Corp Consumer Staples
Deletion BF/B UN
Brown-Forman Corp Consumer Staples
Deletion BLDR UN Builders FirstSource Inc Consumer
Discretionary
Deletion BSY UW
Bentley Systems Inc
Technology
Deletion CLX UN
Clorox Co/The Consumer Staples
Deletion FDS UN FactSet Research Systems Inc
Financials
Deletion NTNX UW
Nutanix Inc
Technology
Deletion SNAP UN
Snap Inc Communications
Deletion SOLS UW Solstice Advanced Materials
Inc
Materials
Deletion UDR UN
UDR Inc
Real Estate
Deletion VSNT UW Versant Media Group Inc Communications
Deletion ZBRA UW Zebra Technologies Corp
Technology
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