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76 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
58.30
+14.43 (+32.89%)
XLF 58.30 · +14.4 pts (+32.89%) 2Y
63.8858.3952.9047.40EW +42.53%H 58.30 · Aug 25L 43.87 · Aug 20
Aug 20, 2024Feb 21, 2025Aug 25, 2025Feb 24, 2026Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
64 / 76
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
40%
of the gain from JPM, V, BAC
Biggest driver
JPM +2.86
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO, +72.51%
Biggest drag
FISV −0.46
FISERV INC, −68.79%

What drove it

76 members · drivers first · 2Y · residual 502.1bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLF rose 32.89% (+14.43 pts) over two years in a broad advance: 64 of 76 stocks rose, with JPM out front at +2.86 points.

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+16.8 pts from 54 gainers2.0 pts from 22 losers
net +14.4 pts · gainers outweigh losers 8.2 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLFsum of all 76 stocks
+14.4
100%
+32.89%
JPMJPMORGAN CHASE + CO
+2.9
20%
+72.51%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+1.5
10%
+45.15%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORP
+1.4
10%
+70.14%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
+1.2
8%
+121.71%
MSMORGAN STANLEY
+1.1
7%
+125.27%
CCITIGROUP INC
+1.0
7%
+127.61%
MAMASTERCARD INC A
+1.0
7%
+29.05%
WFCWELLS FARGO + CO
+0.7
5%
+56.82%
SCHWSCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP
+0.6
4%
+77.10%
HOODROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A
+0.5
4%
+465.25%
BNYBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
+0.5
4%
+159.78%
AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS CO
+0.4
3%
+35.62%
COFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
+0.4
3%
+56.67%
BLKBLACKROCK INC
+0.4
3%
+42.63%
USBUS BANCORP
+0.2
2%
+55.01%
46 othersclick to expand the full index
+3.0
21%
·
AONAON PLC CLASS A
−0.0
0%
+6.95%
FDSFACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC
−0.0
0%
−26.32%
CBCHUBB LTD
−0.0
0%
+29.39%
ERIEERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY CL A
−0.1
0%
−43.17%
AIGAMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP
−0.1
0%
+8.13%
SPGIS+P GLOBAL INC
−0.1
−1%
−6.97%
BROBROWN + BROWN INC
−0.1
−1%
−27.78%
ACGLARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD
−0.1
−1%
+2.86%
AJGARTHUR J GALLAGHER + CO
−0.1
−1%
−5.03%
COINCOINBASE GLOBAL INC CLASS A
−0.1
−1%
−5.12%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
−0.1
−1%
+12.45%
FISFIDELITY NATIONAL INFO SERV
−0.2
−1%
−45.73%
PGRPROGRESSIVE CORP
−0.2
−1%
+1.16%
MRSHMARSH + MCLENNAN COS
−0.2
−1%
−11.13%
FISVFISERV INC
−0.5
−3%
−68.79%
Cap weighting, illustrated

JPMORGAN CHASE + CO and FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC moved almost identically (+72.51% vs +73.22%), yet JPM moved the XLF 125.0× 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 +14.43 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
JPM+2.9 pts(+72.5%)
V+1.5 pts(+45.1%)
BAC+1.4 pts(+70.1%)
GS+1.2 pts(+121.7%)
MS+1.1 pts(+125.3%)
C+1.0 pts(+127.6%)
MA+1.0 pts(+29.0%)
WFC+0.7 pts(+56.8%)
SCHW+0.6 pts(+77.1%)
HOOD+0.5 pts(+465.3%)
BNY+0.5 pts(+159.8%)
FISV−0.5 pts(−68.8%)
AXP+0.4 pts
COF+0.4 pts
BLK+0.4 pts
USB
STT
IBKR+0.2 pts
PNC+0.2 pts
MRSH
CME+0.2 pts
PGR−0.2 pts
NTRS
BRK-B
NDAQ
TRV
AJG
FITB
ACGL
RJF
BRO
CFG
MET
XYZ
RF

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +14.43 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%19385776stocks:3 stocks = 40%100% covered at 19

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0JPM +2.86V +1.51BAC +1.39FISV −0.46MRSH −0.20PGR −0.20Aug 20Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%0%+100%+200%+300%+400%
From −68.79% (FISV) to +465.25% (HOOD). Equal-weight, the XLF would be +42.53% vs the actual +32.89%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +14.43 pts
-76
+14.7

The year, session by session

every trading day of 2026 · hover for the move
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