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The Stock Performance of C. Everett Koop Award Winners Compared With the Standard & Poor's 500 Index
Ron Z Goetzel1, Raymond Fabius, Dan Fabius
1Institute for Health and Productivity Studies (Dr Goetzel, Dr Roemer, and Ms Thornton), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Washington, DC; Truven Health Analytics (Dr Goetzel), The Health Project, Bethesda, Maryland; HealthNEXT (Dr Raymond Fabius), Unionville, Pennsylvania; Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (Dr Dan Fabius), Camden, New Jersey; The University of Alabama (Dr Kelly), Tuscaloosa; and University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tucson and University of California (Dr Pelletier), San Francisco.
Objective:
To explore the link between companies investing in the health and well-being programs of their employees and stock market performance.
Methods:
Stock performance of C. Everett Koop National Health Award winners (n = 26) was measured over time and compared with the average performance of companies comprising the Standard and Poor's (S&P) 500 Index.
Results:
The Koop Award portfolio outperformed the S&P 500 Index. In the 14-year period tracked (2000-2014), Koop Award winners' stock values appreciated by 325% compared with the market average appreciation of 105%.
Conclusions:
This study supports prior and ongoing research demonstrating a higher market valuation--an affirmation of business success by Wall Street investors--of socially responsible companies that invest in the health and well-being of their workers when compared with other publicly traded firms.
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