Baldrige National Quality Program links to Homepage. National Institute of Standards and Technology logo links to NIST Homepage. Quality artwork in banner.
skip navigation
Homepage link Award Recipients link Baldrige Process link Materials Available link Search link Site Map link Bottom section of banner no links.

Baldrige Stock Studies

Conclusion of Stock Study

2004 will be the final year for the Baldrige Stock Study. The Baldrige Program has decided to discontinue the study because it no longer accurately reflects the results, accomplishments, and diversity of the Baldrige Award recipients and site-visited organizations. In recent years, particularly since the addition of the health care and education eligibility categories, there has been an increase in the number of Baldrige Award recipients that are either nonprofit or privately owned businesses. In fact, for the past 5 years (2000-2004) only 4 of the 23 Baldrige Award recipients were publicly traded, U.S.-owned organizations and could be included in the stock study. BNQP is currently researching alternatives to the stock study and hopes to replace it with an index that better reflects the performance of all recent Award recipients. We will continue to highlight results and accomplishments of individual Award recipients through their profiles and application summaries on the Award Recipients Contacts and Profiles page.

"Baldrige Index" and S & P Comparison Charts (PDF)

"Baldrige Index" Stock Study Methodology (PDF)


Tenth NIST Stock Investment Study
NIST Tech Beat article on Tenth Stock Study Results
April 2004
"Baldrige Index" and S & P Comparisons Charts
April 2004
"Baldrige Index" Stock Study Methodology
April 2004

Ninth NIST Stock Investment Study

NIST Update article on Ninth Stock Study Results
May 2003
'Baldrige Index' and S&P; 500 Comparisons Charts
May 2003
Baldrige Index Stock Study Methodology
May 2003

Eighth NIST Stock Investment Study

'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P; 500 by 3 to 1
NIST Press Release, March 7, 2002
Baldrige Index Stock Study Results
March 2002

Seventh NIST Stock Investment Study
'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P; 500 by 4.4 to 1
NIST Press Release, April 10, 2001
Baldrige Index Stock Study Results
April 2001

Sixth NIST Stock Investment Study
'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P; 500 by almost 5 to 1
NIST Press Release, February 25, 2000
Baldrige Index Stock Study Results
February 1999

Fifth NIST Stock Investment Study
'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P; 500 for Fifth Year
NIST Press Release, February 4, 1999
Baldrige Index Stock Study
February 1999

Fourth NIST Stock Investment Study
'Baldrige Index' Outperforms S&P; 500 for Fourth Year
NIST Press Release, February 9, 1998
Results of Fourth NIST Stock Investment Study
February 1998

Third NIST Stock Investment Study
Third NIST Stock Investment Study
NIST Press Release, February 10, 1997
Third NIST Stock Investment Study Shows Quality Pays
February 1997

Second NIST Stock Investment Study
Second NIST Stock Investment Study
NIST Update
February 1996

First NIST Stock Investment Study
First NIST Stock Investment Study
NIST Press Release
February 3, 1995





BNQP Website comments:
nqp@nist.gov


Date created: 7/29/2001
Last updated: 6/15/2005