Less than 5 percent of the CEOs in the S&P 500 are women, but records show that most of them beat the index during their tenures.
Female CEOs may be few and far between, making up less than 5 percent of CEOs in the S&P 500, but history shows they've been able to generate big returns for investors.
To make matters more complicated for female CEO hopefuls, the percentage of female CEO appointments at S&P 500 companies has actually dropped in the last decade, averaging less than 6 percent in the last four years, according to S&P Global's Katie Darden, the company's associate director of financial institutions research.
Other companies that handily beat the S&P's performance include Advanced Micro Devices under CEO Lisa Su, with a nearly 427 percent return; Lockheed Martin under Marillyn Hewson, which has returned 293 percent to shareholders; Ulta under Mary Dillon, who has driven returns of nearly 226 percent; and Ross Stores under Barbara Rentler, with 175 percent returns.
Darden's research in partnership with Kensho also found that investors tend to balk when companies elevate women to chief executive positions, with underperformance hitting 1.8 percent after three months.
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