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24 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
113.17
+25.99 (+29.81%)
XLC 113.17 · +26.0 pts (+29.81%) 2Y
137.64123.29108.9594.60EW +41.69%H 120.08 · Jan 30L 83.77 · Sep 6
Aug 20, 2024Feb 21, 2025Aug 25, 2025Feb 24, 2026Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
16 / 24
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
72%
of the gain from GOOGL, GOOG, WBD
Biggest driver
GOOGL +7.69
ALPHABET INC CL A, +109.15%
Biggest drag
TTD −8.32
TRADE DESK INC/THE CLASS A, −87.03%

What drove it

24 members · drivers first · 2Y · residual 1357.1bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLC rose 29.81% (+25.99 pts) over two years, and 72% of that gain came from just three stocks: GOOGL, GOOG, WBD.

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+38.3 pts from 17 gainers16.0 pts from 7 losers
net +26.0 pts · gainers outweigh losers 2.4 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLCsum of all 24 stocks
+26.0
100%
+29.81%
GOOGLALPHABET INC CL A
+7.7
30%
+109.15%
GOOGALPHABET INC CL C
+6.2
24%
+104.78%
WBDWARNER BROS DISCOVERY INC
+4.9
19%
+271.94%
LYVLIVE NATION ENTERTAINMENT IN
+2.9
11%
+92.84%
VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC
+2.2
8%
+37.87%
OMCOMNICOM GROUP
+2.1
8%
−1.52%
APPAPPLOVIN CORP CLASS A
+2.1
8%
+258.67%
TAT+T INC
+2.0
8%
+43.02%
TKOTKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC
+1.7
7%
+66.03%
FOXAFOX CORP CLASS A
+1.6
6%
+79.20%
TTWOTAKE TWO INTERACTIVE SOFTWRE
+1.5
6%
+50.46%
NFLXNETFLIX INC
+1.1
4%
+17.72%
FOXFOX CORP CLASS B
+1.0
4%
+72.59%
DISWALT DISNEY CO/THE
+0.5
2%
+26.87%
TMUST MOBILE US INC
+0.4
2%
−4.41%
NWSANEWS CORP CLASS A
+0.2
1%
+14.61%
NWSNEWS CORP CLASS B
+0.1
1%
+25.00%
RDDTREDDIT INC CL A
−0.1
0%
−18.93%
PSKYPARAMOUNT SKYDANCE CL B
−0.2
−1%
−1.74%
CMCSACOMCAST CORP CLASS A
−0.6
−2%
−17.10%
ECHOECHOSTAR CORP A
−0.7
−3%
−18.68%
METAMETA PLATFORMS INC CLASS A
−2.9
−11%
+8.94%
CHTRCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS INC A
−3.2
−12%
−55.33%
TTDTRADE DESK INC/THE CLASS A
−8.3
−32%
−87.03%
Cap weighting, illustrated

ECHOSTAR CORP A and REDDIT INC CL A moved almost identically (−18.68% vs −18.93%), yet ECHO moved the XLC 7.3× 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 +25.99 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
TTD−8.3 pts(−87.0%)
GOOGL+7.7 pts(+109.1%)
GOOG+6.2 pts(+104.8%)
WBD+4.9 pts(+271.9%)
CHTR−3.2 pts(−55.3%)
LYV+2.9 pts(+92.8%)
META−2.9 pts(+8.9%)
VZ+2.2 pts(+37.9%)
OMC+2.1 pts(−1.5%)
APP+2.1 pts
T+2.0 pts(+43.0%)
TKO+1.7 pts(+66.0%)
FOXA+1.6 pts(+79.2%)
TTWO+1.5 pts(+50.5%)
NFLX+1.1 pts
FOX+1.0 pts
ECHO−0.7 pts
CMCSA−0.6 pts
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Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +25.99 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%6121824stocks:3 stocks = 72%100% covered at 6

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0GOOGL +7.69GOOG +6.18WBD +4.93TTD −8.32CHTR −3.23META −2.89Aug 20Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%0%+100%+200%
From −87.03% (TTD) to +271.94% (WBD). Equal-weight, the XLC would be +41.69% vs the actual +29.81%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +25.99 pts
-24
+22.2

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