XLP · WMTMT

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Breadth

20 / 34

stocks rose with the index

Concentration

100%+

of the gain from TGT, KO, EL

Biggest driver

TGT +0.58

TARGET CORP, +17.34%

Biggest drag

WMT −0.52

WALMART INC, −5.47%

What drove it

34 members · drivers first · 1M · residual 1.8bp within 60bp gate

The XLP rose 1.35% (+1.15 pts) on the month, and more than all of that gain came from just three stocks: TGT, KO, EL.

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+2.5 pts from 21 gainers−1.3 pts from 13 losers

net +1.2 pts · gainers outweigh losers 1.9 to 1

Stock

Points

Return

XLPsum of all 34 stocks

+1.2

+1.35%

TGTTARGET CORP

+0.6

+17.34%

KOCOCA COLA CO/THE

+0.5

+9.02%

ELESTEE LAUDER COMPANIES CL A

+0.3

+26.03%

MDLZMONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC A

+0.2

+3.82%

KDPKEURIG DR PEPPER INC

+0.1

+5.71%

MNSTMONSTER BEVERAGE CORP

+0.1

+2.23%

DLTRDOLLAR TREE INC

+0.1

+7.12%

GISGENERAL MILLS INC

+0.1

+8.66%

HSYHERSHEY CO/THE

+0.1

+4.65%

PEPPEPSICO INC

+0.1

+1.77%

CLXCLOROX COMPANY

+0.1

+9.03%

COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE CORP

+0.1

+0.89%

CHDCHURCH + DWIGHT CO INC

+0.1

+4.21%

MKCMCCORMICK + CO NON VTG SHRS

+0.1

+7.67%

STZCONSTELLATION BRANDS INC A

+0.0

+4.92%

KRKROGER CO

+0.0

+1.57%

SJMJM SMUCKER CO/THE

+0.0

+4.70%

KVUEKENVUE INC

+0.0

+0.51%

BF-BBROWN FORMAN CORP CLASS B

+0.0

+2.85%

TAPMOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO B

+0.0

+2.14%

DGDOLLAR GENERAL CORP

+0.0

−0.50%

KMBKIMBERLY CLARK CORP

−0.0

−0.38%

SYYSYSCO CORP

−0.0

−0.76%

CLCOLGATE PALMOLIVE CO

−0.0

−0.71%

PMPHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL

−0.0

−0.89%

BGBUNGE GLOBAL SA

−0.0

−4.32%

HRLHORMEL FOODS CORP

−0.0

−8.75%

KHCKRAFT HEINZ CO/THE

−0.0

−3.43%

TSNTYSON FOODS INC CL A

−0.1

−5.83%

CASYCASEY S GENERAL STORES INC

−0.1

−3.26%

ADMARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO

−0.1

−4.23%

PGPROCTER + GAMBLE CO/THE

−0.1

−2.16%

MOALTRIA GROUP INC

−0.2

−6.61%

WMTWALMART INC

−0.5

−5.47%

Cap weighting, illustrated

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP and MOLSON COORS BEVERAGE CO B moved almost identically (+2.23% vs +2.14%), yet MNST moved the XLP 13.1× 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 +1.15 pt move · cell size = points contributed · color = direction, intensity = return

TGT+0.6 pts(+17.3%)

KO+0.5 pts(+9.0%)

WMT−0.5 pts(−5.5%)

EL+0.3 pts(+26.0%)

MO−0.2 pts(−6.6%)

MDLZ+0.2 pts

KDP+0.1 pts(+5.7%)

MNST+0.1 pts(+2.2%)

PG−0.1 pts(−2.2%)

ADM−0.1 pts(−4.2%)

DLTR+0.1 pts

GIS+0.1 pts

CASY−0.1 pts

HSY

PEP+0.1 pts

CLX+0.1 pts

COST+0.1 pts

TSN−0.1 pts

CHD

MKC+0.1 pts

KHC−0.0 pts

STZ

HRL

SJM

SYY

Concentration curve

cumulative share of the +1.15 pt move · sorted by contribution

When they drove it

cumulative points through the period

Breadth

member returns, this period

−10%0%+10%+20%

From −8.75% (HRL) to +26.03% (EL). Equal-weight, the XLP would be +2.33% vs the actual +1.35%; the gap is what cap weighting did.

By sector

point contribution · sums to +1.15 pts

-34

+1.2

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