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Energy · Select Sector

21 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
62.07
−26.07 (−29.58%)
XLE 62.07 · −26.1 pts (−29.58%) 1Y
141.41115.4289.4263.4237.42EW +49.15%H 92.22 · Dec 4L 43.81 · Dec 16
Aug 22, 2025Nov 20, 2025Feb 24, 2026May 26, 2026Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
0 / 21
stocks fell with the index
Concentration
0%
of the decline from EOG
Biggest driver
EOG −0.06
EOG RESOURCES INC, +24.52%
Biggest offset
VLO +2.77
VALERO ENERGY CORP, +138.33%

What drove it

21 members · detractors first · 1Y · residual 5417.9bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLE fell 29.58% (−26.07 pts) over the past year, but 21 of 21 members went the other way. EOG dragged the tape lower, accounting for 0% of the decline.

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+21.8 pts from 20 gainers0.1 pts from 1 losers
net −26.1 pts · gainers outweigh losers 218.3 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLEsum of all 21 stocks
−26.1
100%
−29.58%
EOGEOG RESOURCES INC
−0.1
0%
+24.52%
TPLTEXAS PACIFIC LAND CORP
+0.1
0%
+23.37%
EXEEXPAND ENERGY CORP
+0.1
0%
+1.63%
EQTEQT CORP
+0.3
−1%
+4.78%
APAAPA CORP
+0.5
−2%
+96.34%
OXYOCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP
+0.6
−2%
+30.07%
OKEONEOK INC
+0.6
−2%
+27.71%
KMIKINDER MORGAN INC
+0.7
−3%
+21.68%
DVNDEVON ENERGY CORP
+0.8
−3%
+36.99%
XOMEXXONMOBIL HOLDINGS CORP
+0.9
−3%
+8.60%
FANGDIAMONDBACK ENERGY INC
+0.9
−3%
+42.08%
HALHALLIBURTON CO
+1.0
−4%
+55.36%
WMBWILLIAMS COS INC
+1.0
−4%
+28.49%
BKRBAKER HUGHES CO
+1.1
−4%
+39.81%
COPCONOCOPHILLIPS
+1.3
−5%
+39.57%
SLBSLB LTD
+1.4
−5%
+53.70%
CVXCHEVRON CORP
+1.5
−6%
+30.21%
TRGPTARGA RESOURCES CORP
+1.7
−6%
+78.63%
PSXPHILLIPS 66
+2.1
−8%
+86.63%
MPCMARATHON PETROLEUM CORP
+2.6
−10%
+110.61%
VLOVALERO ENERGY CORP
+2.8
−11%
+138.33%
Cap weighting, illustrated

WILLIAMS COS INC and EOG RESOURCES INC moved almost identically (+28.49% vs +24.52%), yet WMB moved the XLE 17.7× 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 −26.07 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
VLO+2.8 pts(+138.3%)
MPC+2.6 pts(+110.6%)
PSX+2.1 pts(+86.6%)
TRGP+1.7 pts(+78.6%)
CVX+1.5 pts(+30.2%)
SLB+1.4 pts(+53.7%)
COP+1.3 pts(+39.6%)
BKR+1.1 pts(+39.8%)
WMB+1.0 pts(+28.5%)
HAL+1.0 pts(+55.4%)
FANG+0.9 pts(+42.1%)
XOM+0.9 pts
DVN+0.8 pts(+37.0%)
KMI+0.7 pts(+21.7%)
OKE+0.6 pts(+27.7%)
OXY+0.6 pts
APA+0.5 pts(+96.3%)
EQT
EXE

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the −26.07 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%5111621stocks:3 stocks = -1%100% covered at 21

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0EOG −0.06VLO +2.77MPC +2.62PSX +2.06Aug 22Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
0%+25%+50%+75%+100%+125%
From +1.63% (EXE) to +138.33% (VLO). Equal-weight, the XLE would be +49.15% vs the actual −29.58%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to −26.07 pts
-21
+21.8

The year, session by session

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