S&P 500 · WMTMT

Aug 22, 2025Nov 20, 2025Feb 24, 2026May 26, 2026Aug 25, 2026

Breadth

335 / 503

stocks rose with the index

Concentration

29%

of the gain from AAPL, NVDA, MU

Biggest driver

AAPL +139

APPLE INC, +36.45%

Biggest drag

META −37

META PLATFORMS INC CLASS A, −24.23%

What drove it

503 members · drivers first · 1Y · residual 195.2bp exceeds 60bp gate

The S&P 500 rose 18.72% (+1,210 pts) over the past year on a mixed tape; AAPL, NVDA, MU did most of the lifting, with 29% of the gain between them.

Read the latest market-close note: Nvidia and Goldman Sachs Lead a Narrow Advance as Energy and Staples Slide

+1,525.1 pts from 298 gainers−317.3 pts from 205 losers

net +1,210.4 pts · gainers outweigh losers 4.8 to 1

Stock

Points

Return

S&P 500sum of all 503 stocks

+1,210.4

+18.72%

AAPLAPPLE INC

+138.6

+36.45%

NVDANVIDIA CORP

+119.8

+19.85%

MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC

+96.1

+693.97%

GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A

+88.8

+68.84%

GOOGALPHABET INC CL C

+70.2

+66.56%

AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES

+56.6

+185.63%

LLYELI LILLY + CO

+48.9

+74.19%

AMZNAMAZON.COM INC

+47.8

+14.08%

MSFTMICROSOFT CORP

+34.0

−2.44%

AVGOBROADCOM INC

+28.6

+22.23%

INTCINTEL CORP

+28.2

+252.74%

JNJJOHNSON + JOHNSON

+27.7

+56.15%

LRCXLAM RESEARCH CORP

+26.0

+216.15%

AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS INC

+22.9

+196.78%

SNDKSANDISK CORP

+22.5

+3,093.38%

473 othersclick to expand the full index

+497.8

CRMSALESFORCE INC

−3.9

−16.44%

ZTSZOETIS INC

−3.9

−50.06%

ADBEADOBE INC

−4.4

−24.35%

SNPSSYNOPSYS INC

−4.8

−32.60%

NOWSERVICENOW INC

−5.6

−28.40%

ACNACCENTURE PLC CL A

−5.6

−26.32%

FISVFISERV INC

−5.7

−62.46%

NKENIKE INC CL B

−5.8

−48.25%

ISRGINTUITIVE SURGICAL INC

−6.1

−21.91%

HDHOME DEPOT INC

−7.6

−15.97%

INTUINTUIT INC

−8.4

−45.68%

BSXBOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP

−10.4

−53.04%

NFLXNETFLIX INC

−17.2

−31.74%

ORCLORACLE CORP

−20.0

−37.94%

METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A

−37.3

−24.23%

Cap weighting, illustrated

AMAZON.COM INC and UNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC moved almost identically (+14.08% vs +14.01%), yet AMZN moved the S&P 500 4,782.3× as much. In a cap-weighted index, the bigger company's weight turns the same percentage move into far more points.

Attribution map

slicing the +1,210 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return

AAPL+138.6 pts(+36.5%)

NVDA+119.8 pts(+19.9%)

MU+96.1 pts(+694.0%)

GOOGL+88.8 pts(+68.8%)

GOOG+70.2 pts(+66.6%)

AMD+56.6 pts(+185.6%)

LLY+48.9 pts(+74.2%)

AMZN+47.8 pts(+14.1%)

META−37.3 pts

MSFT

383 more+33.1 pts

AVGO+28.6 pts(+22.2%)

INTC+28.2 pts(+252.7%)

JNJ+27.7 pts(+56.1%)

LRCX+26.0 pts

AMAT+22.9 pts

SNDK+22.5 pts

ORCL

MRK+18.7 pts

CSCO+17.9 pts

STX+16.8 pts

CAT+15.5 pts

TSLA

WDC

DELL

CVX

KLAC

CRWD

BSX

AMGN

INTU

NEM

VLO

WELL

APH

LITE

GILD

FCX

VRT

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1,210 pt move · sorted by contribution

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period

Breadth

member returns, this period

−100%+100%+300%+500%+700%+900%+1,100%+1,300%+1,500%+1,700%+1,900%+2,100%+2,300%+2,500%+2,700%+2,900%

From −75.09% (TTD) to +3,093.38% (SNDK). Equal-weight, the S&P 500 would be +21.43% vs the actual +18.72%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1,210 pts

-503

+1,207.8

The year, session by session

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