West Virginia Stock Index – Top 20 Employers

This index tracks the top 20 publicly traded companies that do business in West Virginia, and is weighted by number of employees. This index accounts for nearly 50,000 workers throughout West Virginia. Individual company stock prices are weighted by their portion of the 50,000.
Companies included in the index are (in order of employment): Wal-Mart, Massey Energy, Kroger, American Electric Power, Patriot Coal Corporation, CSX Corp., CONSOL Energy, Lowe's Companies, Mylan Inc., Sears Holdings Corporation, Verizon Communications, Pilgrim's Pride Corp., El DuPont de Nemours, Rite Aid Corp., Allegheny Energy, MTR Gaming, Bob Evans Farms, Alliant Techsystems, BB&T, and Darden Restaurants.
This index compares current stock prices to the same data beginning January 5, 2004, and is compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the same time period.
For more information about this index call Christine Risch at 304-696-6251.