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76 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
58.30
+24.32 (+71.57%)
XLF 58.30 · +24.3 pts (+71.57%) 3Y
68.6758.9049.1439.3829.61EW +95.02%H 58.30 · Aug 25L 32.01 · Oct 30
Aug 18, 2023May 21, 2024Feb 24, 2025Nov 19, 2025Aug 25, 2026
Breadth
71 / 76
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
31%
of the gain from JPM, V, BAC
Biggest driver
JPM +4.07
JPMORGAN CHASE + CO, +154.68%
Biggest drag
FISV −0.29
FISERV INC, −56.33%

What drove it

76 members · drivers first · 3Y · residual 945.4bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLF rose 71.57% (+24.32 pts) over three years in a broad advance: 71 of 76 stocks rose, with JPM out front at +4.07 points.

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+25.4 pts from 66 gainers0.7 pts from 10 losers
net +24.3 pts · gainers outweigh losers 37.9 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLFsum of all 76 stocks
+24.3
100%
+71.57%
JPMJPMORGAN CHASE + CO
+4.1
17%
+154.68%
VVISA INC CLASS A SHARES
+1.8
7%
+64.64%
BACBANK OF AMERICA CORP
+1.7
7%
+132.81%
MAMASTERCARD INC A
+1.6
7%
+55.28%
GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
+1.6
6%
+249.49%
CCITIGROUP INC
+1.2
5%
+243.93%
MSMORGAN STANLEY
+1.2
5%
+178.28%
BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC CL B
+1.1
4%
+43.00%
WFCWELLS FARGO + CO
+1.0
4%
+113.28%
AXPAMERICAN EXPRESS CO
+0.7
3%
+117.11%
BNYBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP
+0.6
3%
+298.24%
SCHWSCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP
+0.6
3%
+96.02%
HOODROBINHOOD MARKETS INC A
+0.6
3%
+993.56%
BLKBLACKROCK INC
+0.5
2%
+88.16%
COFCAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP
+0.5
2%
+115.09%
46 othersclick to expand the full index
+6.4
27%
·
AJGARTHUR J GALLAGHER + CO
+0.0
0%
+25.29%
BENFRANKLIN TEMPLETON INC
+0.0
0%
+56.49%
AIGAMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP
+0.0
0%
+40.84%
JKHYJACK HENRY + ASSOCIATES INC
+0.0
0%
+16.65%
GLGLOBE LIFE INC
+0.0
0%
+56.94%
EGEVEREST GROUP LTD
−0.0
0%
+14.93%
BROBROWN + BROWN INC
−0.0
0%
+4.76%
ERIEERIE INDEMNITY COMPANY CL A
−0.0
0%
−4.23%
ACGLARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD
−0.0
0%
+40.54%
AONAON PLC CLASS A
−0.0
0%
+12.08%
FDSFACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC
−0.0
0%
−28.62%
GPNGLOBAL PAYMENTS INC
−0.1
0%
−21.92%
MRSHMARSH + MCLENNAN COS
−0.1
0%
+7.02%
FISFIDELITY NATIONAL INFO SERV
−0.1
0%
−20.87%
FISVFISERV INC
−0.3
−1%
−56.33%
Cap weighting, illustrated

VISA INC CLASS A SHARES and GLOBE LIFE INC moved almost identically (+64.64% vs +56.94%), yet V moved the XLF 176.4× 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 +24.32 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
JPM+4.1 pts(+154.7%)
V+1.8 pts(+64.6%)
BAC+1.7 pts(+132.8%)
MA+1.6 pts(+55.3%)
GS+1.6 pts(+249.5%)
C+1.2 pts(+243.9%)
MS+1.2 pts(+178.3%)
BRK-B+1.1 pts(+43.0%)
WFC+1.0 pts(+113.3%)
AXP+0.7 pts(+117.1%)
BNY+0.6 pts(+298.2%)
SCHW+0.6 pts
HOOD
BLK+0.5 pts(+88.2%)
COF+0.5 pts(+115.1%)
BX+0.4 pts
KKR
PNC
FISV−0.3 pts
USB+0.3 pts
STT
PGR
IBKR
APO
CME
ICE
TRV+0.2 pts
FITB
ALL
CB
AMP
MET
CFG

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +24.32 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%19385776stocks:3 stocks = 31%100% covered at 42

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0JPM +4.07V +1.76BAC +1.75FISV −0.29FIS −0.09MRSH −0.07Aug 18Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−100%+100%+300%+500%+700%+900%
From −56.33% (FISV) to +993.56% (HOOD). Equal-weight, the XLF would be +95.02% vs the actual +71.57%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +24.32 pts
-76
+24.8

The year, session by session

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