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S&P 500 · ROE

S&P 500 · ROE — S&P 500 · Return on Equity

Annual profit produced per dollar of shareholder equity. Remarkably stable near 15% over the past two decades — the index's earnings-power anchor.

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What this page answers

This static page is built to answer searches for S&P 500 · ROE. It summarizes the live dataset behind the S&P 500 · Return on Equity panel and links to the full interactive chart.

Annual profit produced per dollar of shareholder equity. Remarkably stable near 15% over the past two decades — the index's earnings-power anchor. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.

Latest Snapshot

Updated
2024-12-31
Average
+1,370.0%
Observations
65
Sample
1960-12-31 – 2024-12-31
Latest value
19.22024-12-31

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S&P 500 · Return on Equity Chart

Data & Source

GET /api/sp500/roe.json — Canonical dataset endpoint.

Yahoo Finance · Macrotrends · Robert Shiller · FRED · S&P Global · Nasdaq · NBER.

FAQ

Where does this data come from?

History of Market combines public market and macro datasets including Yahoo Finance, Macrotrends, Robert Shiller, FRED, S&P Global, Nasdaq, and NBER. The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.

How often is it updated?

Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.

Can I use the data?

Yes, for research and education with attribution to History of Market. Upstream data sources retain their own terms.