GRPC Tracks This Index: Russell U.S. Large Cap Growth at a Reasonable Price Index
Description: The index is designed to select securities intended to produce performance that is similar to professional investment managers using a growth at a reasonable price investment discipline. This discipline focuses on stable companies that are moderately priced based on their long term forecasted earnings growth relative to their price-to-earnings ratio. Starting with the Russell 1000 Index, the index includes companies: (1) with consistent earnings as measured by average to low earnings per share volatility over the past five years; (2) that are profitable as demonstrated by an average to high return on equity over the past five years; and (3) are of high quality as measured by an S&P Quality Rank of B or above or a low debt to equity ratio.