Meridian Food, Beverage & Tobacco IndexBeta
U.S. food, beverage, agriculture, and tobacco companies. Float-adjusted, cap-weighted within the sector.
Beta — methodology in initial calibration. The sector series is tracking-only; constituent membership and weights may change between reconstitutions.
Index Characteristics
NAV History
Top 10 Constituents by Weight
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Methodology
The Meridian Sector Indices sort the U.S. domestic operating-company universe into fourteen industry sectors, assigning each company to a single sector by its primary line of business, then weighting constituents by float-adjusted market capitalization within each sector. Eligibility mirrors the Meridian Size Indices: a constituent must clear a liquidity gate (an average traded-value ratio, and trading on at least 95% of sessions) and 60 trading days of seasoning, and the smallest micro-cap names are excluded. Sector assignment starts from each company's primary industry classification and is refined by analyst review where that classification does not reflect the company's principal business.