What Are Industry Benchmarks?

Industry Classification Benchmark ICB was jointly launched by FTSE Group and Dow Jones Indexes in January 2005. The system is based on transparent management rules. All companies and securities in the ICB database are classified into four levels of industry according to the management rules. . The industry classification benchmark provides one of the most comprehensive, efficient, and easy-to-use industry classification systems for trading and investment decisions.

Industry Classification Benchmark

Industry Classification Benchmark ICB was jointly launched by FTSE Group and Dow Jones Indexes in January 2005. The system is based on transparent management rules. All companies and securities in the ICB database are classified into four levels of industry according to the management rules. . The industry classification benchmark provides one of the most comprehensive, efficient, and easy-to-use industry classification systems for trading and investment decisions.
Starting from the complex needs of investors, ICB has provided a unified and comprehensive industry classification system for the financial industry, and classified management of more than 40,000 companies and 45,000 stocks worldwide. The classification system is divided into four levels, including 10 industries, 18 super-industries, 39 industries, and 104 subordinate industries. It can help users monitor small-scale market segments while monitoring macro-industry trends, and perform quantitative and qualitative analysis. ICB's independent management and support from global research teams ensure accurate representation of the ICB system, continuous growth and continuity of market monitoring.
In 2005, ICB has become the market's preferred industry classification system, recognized and used by major global stock exchanges, including NASDAQ, New York Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, Euronext and Singapore Exchange, occupying the world market 65% of total capital. In addition, ICB has also been well received by many financial information and data providers worldwide, as well as publishers and media.
Chinese name
Industry Classification Benchmark
Foreign name
Industry Classification Benchmark
Also known as
ICB
Founder
FTSE Group and Dow Jones Indices
The ICB Industry Classification Standard ( Industry C [1] lassification Benchmark ), the Global Industry Classification System (GICS) jointly launched by Standard & Poor's (S & P) and Morgan Stanley Corporation (MSCI), are listed as the two major global financial market industries. Classification criteria.
The ICB industry classification standard was developed by the FTSE Index. The ICB divides the entire macroeconomic market into sectors. This system includes 10 primary industries, then into 19 supersectors, and further into 41 basic industry sectors. A total of 114 subsectors.
The main purpose of ICB classification is to classify a single company into a sub-industry category. The main basis of classification is the company's "source of income", or "where does most of its income come from". If a company can be divided into several different parts, FTSE will make a final judgment on it, but the company can challenge this classification at any time.
The ICB divides the market into increasingly specific categories, which allows investors to use the ICB classification to compare industry development trends among well-defined sub-sectors.
On January 3, 2006, ICB replaced the traditional FTSE index and Dow Jones classification system and applied it to the NASDAQ-OMX Group, NYSE-Euronext, London Stock Exchange, Italian Exchange, Singapore Stock Exchange And other stock exchanges around the world. In addition to the two categories of securities investment institutions (8980) and non-securities investment institutions (8990), all other industry sectors are also reflected in the New York Stock Exchange listed company classification.
The ICB classification is widely used in global financial markets, but it is not particularly common compared with S & P's GICS.
ICB classification standard table (not listed in the fourth sub-industry classification)
Primary industry
Supraindustry sector
Industry sector
0001 Energy
0500 Energy
0530 Oil and Gas Production
0570 Oil & Gas Equipment and Services
0580 Alternative Energy
1,000 raw materials
1300 Chemical
1350 Chemical
1700 Basic Resources
1730 Forestry and Paper
1750 Industrial metals and mining
1770 Non-metal Mining
2000 Industrial Products
2300 Construction
2350 Construction and Materials
2700 Industrial Products and Services
2710 Aerospace and Defense
2720 General Industry
2730 Electronic Power Equipment
2750 Industrial Engineering
2770 Industrial Transport
2790 Ancillary services
3000 Consumer Goods
3300 cars and accessories
3350 Cars and Accessories
3500 Food and Drink
3530 Beverage
3570 Food Manufacturing
3700 Personal and household items
3720 Household Goods and Housing Construction
3740 Leisure Products
3760 Personal Items
3780 Tobacco
4000 Healthcare
4500 Healthcare
4530 Healthcare equipment and services
4570 Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology
5000 Consumer Services
5300 Retail
5330 Food and Drug Retail
5370 General retail
5500 Media
5550 Media
5700 Leisure Travel
5750 Leisure Travel
6000 Telecommunications
6500 Telecommunications
6530 Landline
6570 Mobile Communications
7000 Utilities
7500 Utilities
7530 Electricity
7570 Gas, tap water
8000 Finance
8300 Bank
8350 Bank
8500 Insurance
8530 Non-life insurance
8570 life insurance
8600 Real Estate
8630 Real estate investment and services
8670 Real Estate Investment Trusts
8700 Financial services
8770 Financial services
8900 Securities
8980 Securities Investment Institutions
8990 Non-securities investment institutions
9000 Technology
9500 Technology
9530 Software and computer services
9570 hardware devices

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