Domino's Pizza to join S&P 500, despite pandemic's impact
Reuters
Published May 06, 2020 06:21PM ET
(Reuters) - Domino's Pizza Inc (N:DPZ) will join the Standard & Poor's 500 (SPX), despite having last month withdrawn its long-term growth outlook after closing stores because of the coronavirus pandemic.
S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Wednesday it is promoting the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based pizza delivery chain from its S&P MidCap 400, one of several changes it announced to its indexes.
While withdrawing its forecast for two- to three-year sales growth, Domino's said U.S. same-store sales were up 7.1% in late March and much of April, as diners under lockdown ordered home delivery more often.
Domino's kept company-owned U.S. stores open but said about 1,750 international stores were temporarily closed.
Shares of companies joining the S&P 500 often rise because many large investors track the index and must buy shares of new entrants. Domino's is replacing apparel maker Capri Holdings Ltd (N:CPRI) in the S&P 500.
DexCom Inc (O:DXCM), which designs glucose monitoring systems, is also joining the index. It replaces Allergan Plc (N:AGN), which is being acquired by another S&P 500 pharmaceutical company, AbbVie Inc (N:ABBV).
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