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Dow Jones Industrial Average

34 stocks · price-weighted · Aug 25, 2026 close
53,577.00
+19,076.34 (+55.29%)
DJIA 53,577.00 · +19,076.3 pts (+55.29%) 3Y
55,57849,50243,42537,34831,271EW +55.27%H 54,086 · Aug 4L 32,929 · Oct 30
Aug 18, 2023May 21, 2024Feb 24, 2025Nov 19, 2025Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
25 / 34
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
49%
of the gain from GS, CAT, JPM
Biggest driver
GS +4,616
Goldman Sachs, +225.92%
Biggest drag
UNH −573
UnitedHealth, −20.44%

What drove it

34 members · drivers first · 3Y · residual 0.960bp within 1bp gate

The DJIA rose 55.29% (+19,076 pts) over three years in a broad advance: 25 of 34 stocks rose, with GS out front at +4,616 points.

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+20,617.9 pts from 25 gainers1,544.8 pts from 9 losers
net +19,076.3 pts · gainers outweigh losers 13.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
DJIAsum of all 34 stocks
+19,076.3
100%
+55.29%
GSGoldman Sachs
+4,616.2
24%
+225.92%
CATCaterpillar
+3,400.9
18%
+196.19%
JPMJPMorgan Chase
+1,308.9
7%
+139.44%
TRVTravelers
+1,304.6
7%
+127.53%
AXPAmerican Express
+1,135.2
6%
+109.66%
AMGNAmgen
+1,118.7
6%
+68.91%
MSFTMicrosoft
+1,099.2
6%
+55.37%
VVisa
+916.3
5%
+61.23%
AAPLApple
+850.0
4%
+77.60%
MMM3M
+612.5
3%
+114.53%
IBMIBM
+608.9
3%
+65.60%
JNJJohnson & Johnson
+608.7
3%
+58.35%
AMZNAmazon
+538.0
3%
+49.19%
WMTWalmart
+417.1
2%
+100.18%
NVDANvidia
+390.1
2%
+43.10%
CSCOCisco
+346.7
2%
+101.87%
MRKMerck
+282.2
1%
+43.27%
CVXChevron
+232.1
1%
+24.24%
HONHoneywell
+203.8
1%
+16.94%
KOCoca-Cola
+188.2
1%
+50.37%
DISDisney
+158.4
1%
+29.41%
HDHome Depot
+97.4
1%
+3.19%
VZVerizon
+85.4
0%
+40.27%
GOOGLAlphabet
+56.9
0%
+2.84%
CRMSalesforce
+41.4
0%
+0.43%
WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance
−31.7
0%
−18.12%
DOWDow Inc
−33.6
0%
−9.48%
PGProcter & Gamble
−38.3
0%
−4.67%
INTCIntel
−42.6
0%
−19.91%
MCDMcDonald's
−77.8
0%
−4.84%
BABoeing
−126.9
−1%
−6.88%
SHWSherwin-Williams
−207.7
−1%
−8.74%
NKENike
−413.6
−2%
−62.34%
UNHUnitedHealth
−572.6
−3%
−20.44%
Price weighting, illustrated

UnitedHealth and Walgreens Boots Alliance moved almost identically (−20.44% vs −18.12%), yet UNH moved the DJIA 18.1× as much. In a price-weighted index, a higher-priced share simply outvotes a cheaper one.

Attribution map

slicing the +19,076 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
GS+4,616.2 pts(+225.9%)
CAT+3,400.9 pts(+196.2%)
JPM+1,308.9 pts(+139.4%)
TRV+1,304.6 pts(+127.5%)
AXP+1,135.2 pts(+109.7%)
AMGN+1,118.7 pts(+68.9%)
MSFT+1,099.2 pts
V+916.3 pts(+61.2%)
AAPL+850.0 pts(+77.6%)
MMM+612.5 pts
IBM+608.9 pts(+65.6%)
JNJ+608.7 pts(+58.3%)
UNH−572.6 pts(−20.4%)
AMZN+538.0 pts
WMT
NKE−413.6 pts
NVDA+390.1 pts
CSCO+346.7 pts
MRK
CVX
SHW
KO+188.2 pts
DIS
BA

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +19,076 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%9172634stocks:3 stocks = 49%100% covered at 16

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0GS +4,616CAT +3,401JPM +1,309UNH −573NKE −414SHW −208Aug 18Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%0%+100%+200%
From −62.34% (NKE) to +225.92% (GS). Equal-weight, the DJIA would be +55.27% vs the actual +55.29%; the gap is what price weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +19,076 pts
Financials5
+9,281.3
Industrials4
+4,090.3
Information Technology7
+3,293.6
Health Care4
+1,437.0
Consumer Staples4
+535.3
Communication Services3
+300.7
Energy1
+232.1
Consumer Discretionary4
+144.0
Materials2
−241.3

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