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Industrials · Select Sector

83 stocks · cap-weighted, ETF-derived weights · Aug 25, 2026 close
178.40
+1.42 (+0.80%)
XLI 178.40 · +1.4 pts (+0.80%) 6M
188.60180.08171.56163.04154.52EW +0.40%H 186.51 · Aug 14L 156.61 · Mar 30
Feb 24Apr 10May 26Jul 13Aug 25
Breadth
43 / 83
stocks rose with the index
Concentration
100%+
of the gain from FDX, ADP, UBER
Biggest driver
FDX +1.16
FEDEX CORP, +33.53%
Biggest drag
NOC −0.94
NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP, −25.12%

What drove it

83 members · drivers first · 6M · residual 87.5bp exceeds 60bp gate

The XLI rose 0.80% (+1.42 pts) over the past six months, but 40 of 83 members went the other way. FDX and ADP carried the tape higher, contributing more than the entire move.

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+9.8 pts from 45 gainers8.5 pts from 38 losers
net +1.4 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.2 to 1
Stock
Points
Return
XLIsum of all 83 stocks
+1.4
100%
+0.80%
FDXFEDEX CORP
+1.2
82%
+33.53%
ADPAUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING
+1.1
78%
+39.65%
UBERUBER TECHNOLOGIES INC
+0.7
49%
+12.55%
CATCATERPILLAR INC
+0.6
44%
+5.76%
ETNEATON CORP PLC
+0.6
42%
+9.91%
UNPUNION PACIFIC CORP
+0.6
39%
+17.33%
AXONAXON ENTERPRISE INC
+0.5
37%
+38.59%
CSXCSX CORP
+0.5
36%
+22.06%
URIUNITED RENTALS INC
+0.5
32%
+17.53%
GEVGE VERNOVA INC
+0.4
30%
+5.36%
PAYXPAYCHEX INC
+0.4
29%
+43.13%
GWWWW GRAINGER INC
+0.3
22%
+15.77%
RTXRTX CORP
+0.3
18%
+6.40%
FASTFASTENAL CO
+0.2
17%
+11.26%
EXPDEXPEDITORS INTL WASH INC
+0.2
16%
+36.84%
53 othersclick to expand the full index
−0.3
23%
·
LIILENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC
−0.2
−13%
−29.95%
UPSUNITED PARCEL SERVICE CL B
−0.2
−14%
−7.31%
HIIHUNTINGTON INGALLS INDUSTRIE
−0.2
−15%
−34.46%
LUVSOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO
−0.2
−16%
−18.71%
PNRPENTAIR PLC
−0.2
−16%
−39.14%
ROLROLLINS INC
−0.2
−17%
−39.52%
IRINGERSOLL RAND INC
−0.3
−18%
−16.94%
OTISOTIS WORLDWIDE CORP
−0.3
−19%
−20.03%
TDGTRANSDIGM GROUP INC
−0.3
−22%
−7.83%
LHXL3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC
−0.6
−41%
−25.46%
HONAHONEYWELL AEROSPACE INC
−0.6
−44%
−27.17%
HONHONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
−0.6
−44%
−14.70%
LMTLOCKHEED MARTIN CORP
−0.7
−53%
−15.24%
BABOEING CO/THE
−0.8
−58%
−9.57%
NOCNORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP
−0.9
−66%
−25.12%
Cap weighting, illustrated

CATERPILLAR INC and QUANTA SERVICES INC moved almost identically (+5.76% vs +6.25%), yet CAT moved the XLI 24.6× 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 +1.42 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return
FDX+1.2 pts(+33.5%)
ADP+1.1 pts(+39.6%)
NOC−0.9 pts(−25.1%)
BA−0.8 pts(−9.6%)
LMT−0.7 pts(−15.2%)
UBER+0.7 pts
CAT+0.6 pts
HON−0.6 pts(−14.7%)
HONA−0.6 pts(−27.2%)
ETN+0.6 pts(+9.9%)
LHX−0.6 pts
UNP+0.6 pts
AXON+0.5 pts
CSX+0.5 pts
URI+0.5 pts(+17.5%)
GEV+0.4 pts(+5.4%)
PAYX+0.4 pts(+43.1%)
TDG−0.3 pts(−7.8%)
GWW+0.3 pts(+15.8%)
OTIS−0.3 pts
RTX+0.3 pts
IR
FAST
ROL−0.2 pts
PNR−0.2 pts
EXPD
LUV
UPS−0.2 pts
LII−0.2 pts
LDOS
DAL
GD
BLDR
WAB
HUBB
NSC
TXT
VRT
DD
PH
JBHT
GNRC
UAL
VLTO

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1.42 pt move · sorted by contribution
0%50%100%21426283stocks:3 stocks = 208%100% covered at 2

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period
0FDX +1.16ADP +1.11UBER +0.69NOC −0.94BA −0.82LMT −0.75Feb 24Aug 25

Breadth

member returns, this period
−40%−20%0%+20%+40%
From −39.52% (ROL) to +43.13% (PAYX). Equal-weight, the XLI would be +0.40% vs the actual +0.80%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1.42 pts
-83
+1.3

The year, session by session

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