The Russell 3000 is a stock market index tracking the stock performance of the 3,000 largest companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. It is maintained by FTSE Russell and its components are determined via strict rules-based methodology, with an annual rebalancing in late June, the only time new entrants are added to the index.
The index is a public-float-weighted/capitalization-weighted index. The index includes approximately 98% of the total market capitalization of U.S. public companies, with an aggregate market capitalization of about $75.6 trillion as of April 30, 2026. As of April 30, 2026, the median market capitalization of the components of the index is $2.8 billion and components range in market capitalization from $146 million to $4.8 trillion.
Products linked to the Russell 3000 include index funds (exchange-traded funds and mutual funds) as well as derivatives (options and futures contracts), which are available for trading in many countries with the goal of replicating the performance of the index. Also available are modified index funds; they replicate the performance of the index with modifications such as the use of covered call strategies, equal weighting, performance buffers, leverage, inclusion of only growth or value stocks, or exclusion of certain sectors, all with the goal of changing the risk/return and yield.
Subsets
The Russell 3000 is primarily subdivided into two other indices, the large-cap Russell 1000 and the small-cap Russell 2000. Those two indices are disjoint, and combining them results in exactly the Russell 3000. , the Russell 1000 comprised about 95% of the Russell 3000's total market capitalization, and the Russell 2000 comprised the approximate remaining 5%.
Most other indices in the Russell US series are also subsets of the Russell 3000.
Annual returns Annual returns have been as follows: Year Price return(excluding dividends)Total return(including dividends) 1994 −2.48% 0.19% 1995 33.58% 36.80% 1996 19.19% 21.82% 1997 29.47% 31.78% 1998 22.32% 24.14% 1999 19.43% 20.90% 2000 −8.52% −7.46% 2001 −12.62% −11.46% 2002 −22.81% −21.54% 2003 28.73% 31.06% 2004 10.08% 11.95% 2005 4.28% 6.12% 2006 13.66% 15.71% 2007 3.30% 5.14% 2008 −38.70% −37.31% 2009 25.46% 28.34% 2010 14.75% 16.93% 2011 −0.92% 1.03% 2012 13.98% 16.42% 2013 30.95% 33.55% 2014 10.45% 12.56% 2015 −1.47% 0.48% 2016 10.42% 12.74% 2017 18.85% 21.13% 2018 −6.99% −5.24% 2019 28.54% 31.02% 2020 18.82% 20.89% 2021 24.00% 25.66% 2022 −20.48% −19.21% 2023 23.95% 25.96% 2024 22.15% 23.81% 2025 15.67% 17.15%
See also S&P 1500 – US broad stock market index from S&P Dow Jones Indices Russell 2500 Index
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External links
S&P Russell 3000 at Yahoo Finance Russell 3000 at Bloomberg L.P.