title: The Stock Performance of C. Everett Koop Award Winners Compared With the Standard & Poor's 500 Index.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute 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.
authors.forename: Ron Z
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Goetzel
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fabius
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fabius
authors.forename: Enid C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Roemer
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: Rebecca K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Pelletier
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D004465:Economic Competition; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D007449:Investments; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000191:economics* / Q000592:standards; D015279:Organizational Culture; D012941:Social Responsibility