GICS®
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The GICS dataset includes global industry classifications for public companies, both current and historical.
Leverage GICS, jointly developed by S&P Global and MSCI, for a complete, consistent set of global sector and industry definitions. GICS has become the standard widely recognized by market participants worldwide. The GICS methodology assigns each public company to a sub-industry and corresponding industry, industry group and sector, according to the definition of its principle business activity. The current GICS sectors include Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Information Technology, Communication Services, Utilities, and Real Estate.
GICS products available include:
- GICS Direct: Current classifications for over 50,000 active public companies covering over 120 countries.
- GICS History: Active and inactive classifications for over 97,000 companies, across over 135 countries, with history available from 1985 forward.
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- Primary Entity TypeCompany
- Coverage Count50,000
- Geographic CoverageGlobal
- Industry CoverageConsumer, Energy and Utilities, Financials, Healthcare, Industrials, Materials, Real Estate, Technology, Media & Telecommunications
- History Initiated1985
- Earliest Significant Coverage1999
- Point In TimeYes
- Point In Time DetailsGICS History includes classifications based on from and thru dates
- Data SourcePublic Filings
- Field Count10s
- Delivery ChannelAPI, Cloud, Desktop, Feed
- Delivery PlatformAPI, CIQ Desktop, ClariFI®, GICS Direct, Marketplace Workbench, S&P Capital IQ, S&P Capital IQ Pro, SFTP, Snowflake, Xpressfeed™
- Reporting FrequencyDaily
- Dataset LatencyDaily