criteria

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Megacap companies would also be exempt from financial viability criteria requiring them to be profitable before being included in S&P indexes.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

“There aren’t clear criteria or mistakes that they’ve made. So it’s hard to say what the motives are.”

From Salon • May 1, 2026

The index committee has discretion when choosing which companies receive places in the S&P 500, provided that the businesses meet various criteria around market capitalization and profitability.

From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026

"When you meet both of those criteria, that's the only time that an investigation is actually formally initiated," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

“I wonder what their criteria were,” Redemption said.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi